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Analysts Sees Server Challenges For Sun, Opportunities For Dell

A Morgan Stanley analyst on Friday upgraded Dell Inc. and cut her rating on Sun Microsystems Inc., saying conditions in the computer server market are proving challenging for Sun but providing opportunities for Dell.

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Sun Microsystems enters x86 server virtualization arena

Sun Microsystems Inc. introduced a new server virtualization product called Sun xVM for x86 servers, which will be available later this summer. The bare-metal hypervisor is based on Citrix Systems Inc.’s open source Xen technologies and Solaris. It can host several guest operating systems, including Windows and Linux.

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Sun Microsystems Announces Technology Preview of Open Source Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and New Sun GlassFish Communications Server

New GlassFish Partner Initiative to Provide Developers Unprecedented Access to Expanding GlassFish Ecosystem of More Than 100 SIs and ISVs.

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JavaOne ‘08: Sun starts delivering

At JavaOne in San Francisco, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.

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Sun looks beyond MARS for NetBeans scripting

PHP is the latest language getting the NetBeans treatment, with a PHP version of Sun Microsystems’ open-source environment.

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Sun’s ‘Project Copy Linux’ goes commercial

The first supported first version of Sun Microsystems’ OpenSolaris, AKA Project Indiana, makes its debut today with additional backing from Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud.

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Sun launches OpenSolaris, inks deal with Amazon


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Sun stock goes degenerate dwarf

Sun Microsystems’ shares took a bath today, slipping nearly 23 per cent after the company surprised investors with its worst financial results in over a year. The market reaction sent Sun stock down to its lowest point in nearly six years.

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Sun Microsystems Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Results


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Sun Microsystems helps ISVs with SaaS model

Sun Microsystems introduced a new virtualization service called Solaris On Demand, a software as a service (SaaS) program created to help the independent software vendor (ISV) community.

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Sun woos Linux distros with bundle deals

Sun Microsystems is in talks with two more Linux projects to ensure its open source software and tools are delivered straight into the hands of developers.

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Sun Microsystems Introduces MySQL Workbench

New Open Source Visual Database Modeling Tool Now Available from the Original Developers of the Popular DBDesigner4 Project.

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Sun may shut off high-end MySQL features

MySQL adoption: Deep and wide


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Sun Readies New Niagara Systems

New servers from Sun and Fujitsu support two UltraSPARC T2 Processors.

Sun Microsystems is rolling out its latest hardware based on its UltraSPARC T2 chip.

On April 9, Sun will officially begin selling two new servers, the SPARC Enterprise T5140 and the T5240, which use the latest UltraSPARC processor, formerly called Niagara 2. The difference between these servers and the systems Sun introduced in October 2007 is that the T5140 and T5240 support two processors each, giving Sun additional leverage in the MP (multiprocessor) market.

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Sun Labs Open House Highlights Community Contribution to Research Projects

High Productivity Programming Tools, Virtual Workspaces, Massively Scalable Online Game Server, New Web Programming Environments, Other Projects Discussed; Community of Research Partners Can Participate at www.research.sun.com.

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