Sun Microsystems, Inc., has introduced its first quad-core x64 (x86, 64-bit) systems, including the world’s smallest four-socket x64 server — which delivers up to twice the expandability and compute power as other servers, yet is half the size. The Sun Fire X4450 and Sun Fire X4150 servers, powered by Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, enable customers to solve critical problems in the datacenter by offering more performance, higher density, and better power efficiency than competitive systems in the market today. Both servers also give customers a choice of operating systems, running the Solaris Operating System (OS), Windows, Linux or VMware, with the flexibility to deploy a broad range of applications.

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Sun Microsystems has gone to great lengths in recent years to make its Solaris operating system more open by going open source. But “open” doesn’t always mean “easy.”

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Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced new support subscriptions and enhanced graphical user interfaces to make Solaris Express Developer Edition software easier for developers to install and use. The new support offerings and usability enhancements in Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 software are designed to provide a faster route to productivity developing for the Solaris Operating System (OS), Java platform and Web 2.0 applications.

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Computer maker Sun Microsystems Chief Financial Officer Michael Lehman said the developer of Solaris and Java software is looking to buy software makers to help boost its sales of computer programs.

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Network Appliance is suing Sun Microsystems in an intellectual property spat over - you guessed it - file systems.

The company seeks to halt Sun’s sales and development of ZFS technology and asks for unspecified damages. NetApp filed the complaint in US district court in Texas.

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New Servers Powered by Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 Series Extend the Solaris OS Deeper into Mainstream x64 Market.

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