Sun has issued a counter-lawsuit against Network Appliance (NetApp) which last month sued the Java overlords alleging it had violated seven of its patents.

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NetApp losing ’spew dot oh’ blog war to Sun

Sun Microsystems today announced its first Intel-based desktop workstation computers in years, powered by Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Quad processors. They fill out the Sun workstation lineup, which includes SPARC and AMD Opteron-based workstations as well.

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This IBM Redpaper describes how to install Solaris on supported BladeCenter servers, either natively or with the use of a Solaris Installation Server.

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Suppose someone high up in your organization announces that your data center choice between IBM’s AIX on Power offerings and Sun’s Solaris on SPARC line is more of a business decision than a technology decision - thus both abrograting and announcing the intended decision. What do you do?

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced three new opportunities for startups in the U.S., available through its successful Sun Startup Essentials program, to help early-stage companies get up and running quickly while conserving cash. With the industry-leading Solaris Operating System (OS), a range of innovative technologies and flexible, cost-effective systems, Sun is one of the premier choices for startups to grow their businesses. Sun is drawing in these companies through the availability of more offers and choice within the program, which include a new Sun incubator partner initiative and the addition of a new partner to the Sun partner hosting initiative, as well as hosting the NYC Startup Camp.

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Sun Microsystems unveiled new UltraSPARC T2-based servers that deliver advanced virtualization capabilities, increased system utilization and industry-leading energy efficiency. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade T6320 modules deliver the compute power of 64 individual systems on a single server or blade and beat competing RISC servers on web-tier tasks by over 4x while maintaining 6x better performance per watt. With the Solaris Operating System (OS) and free virtualization technologies built-in, these new Sun servers are the most flexible, cost-effective systems for maximizing system utilization.

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A member of Sun’s X Window System engineering team is recommending that users should turn off the X font server if they don’t need it.

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Sun Microsystems Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are jointly developing a mobile phone to challenge Apple Inc.’s iPhone, a South Korean newspaper reported Wednesday, quoting Sun Chairman Scott McNealy.McNealy said Tuesday in Seoul that the companies were working on a “Java phone” that would surpass Apple’s iPhone in functionality and cost less, the mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo reported.

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Sun Microsystems launched on Monday the first servers based on its newest microprocessors as it tries to boost sales of energy-efficient, high-performance computers for businesses.

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Sun Announces Niagara 2 Servers

Unlike previous 2.x releases, OpenOffice.org 2.3 is a new and enhanced feature release rather than a bug fix. There are several smart changes, a whole new approach to adding new features and of course the much anticipated new charting tool. This is definitely a release to get to know.

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Jonathan Schwartz wants to return Sun Microsystems to glory by giving away its software.

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Prowling the x86 server warpath, Sun today revealed its roadmap of products set to bring the company fully into the virtualization brouhaha.

The server maker’s new xVM virtualization platform will span across its server, storage, and networking product lines. The first offering will be comprised of a hypervisor and management software set to be released next year. Sun laid down the roadmap basics at a press meeting in San Francisco.

Sun may be late to the x86 virtualization party, but Marc Hamilton, VP of Solaris marketing, is confident there’s room for one more player.

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