After Oracle's acquisition, Sun Microsystems has turned a profit for the first time in more than a year.
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Oracle, server, Sun Microsystems, SPARC
OS Roundup: Will the open source server OS from what was once Sun Microsystems soon be known as the project formerly known as OpenSolaris? It's beginning to seem like it.
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open source, Oracle, open source server, Sun Microsystems, OpenSolaris
OS Roundup: Is Oracle closing the door on Solaris in favor of Linux servers? Recent actions imply the company is determined to drive potential customers away from the UNIX offerings it acquired from Sun and into the arms of Red Hat and other enterprise Linux vendors.
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Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, Linux server, OS
With Sun now part of Oracle, how much has its server line up changed? Not at
all -- at least not yet. We look down the road to evaluate the changes likely to have an impact on server room management decisions.
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Oracle, Sun Microsystems, server room management, Sun Oracle merger, sun servers
Ellison outlines Oracle's open source direction now that the Sun acquisition has closed.
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Linux, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Solaris
Virtually Speaking: With Oracle's acquisition of Sun complete, will it be lights out for VirtualBox and other Sun virtualization technology?
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Oracle, virtualization, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, virtualbox
Microsoft, Novell, and Red Hat join up with the hardware giant to ease customers' transition off Solaris.
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IBM, Sun, Sun Microsystems, HP, migration
Virtually Speaking: Sun just updated its virtual desktop software, VirtualBox, but Oracle's post-acquisition jaws of death loom large.
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Oracle, virtualization, Sun Microsystems, desktop virtualization, virtual box
OS Roundup: Apple last Friday announced ZFS would not be making an appearance in Snow Leopard. An interesting choice, given that some believe when the Sun-Oracle deal closes, the new entity may have the two most powerful file systems around.
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file systems, Ubuntu, Apple, Sun Microsystems, ZFS
Last night's speech from Larry Ellison shed some light on his plans for Sun.
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Oracle, Sun, Sun Microsystems, Larry Ellison
HP and IBM are aggressively pitching to Sun customers, but many aren't budging. Meanwhile, Oracle is planning to unveil a new Sun/Oracle database system later this week.
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Oracle, IBM, Sun, Sun Microsystems, HP
Hard-Core Hardware: It isn't often a data center gets to install the latest in servers, blades, storage and networking gear from Day One. Yet the Emerson data center in St. Louis, Missouri had just that opportunity.
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Dell, data center, Sun Microsystems, hardware
Virtually Speaking: Oracle elaborates on its plans for Virtual Iron's product line. Not a pretty picture for many customers.
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Oracle, virtualization, Sun Microsystems, Virtual Iron
Whenever an OS adds a killer feature, it's time to sit up and strike a pose. OpenSolaris' Time Slider is a prime example. The graphical tool provides a window into the OS's powerful snapshot feature.
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open source, Sun, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, open solaris
OS Roundup: From Java to Solaris, Sun brings myriad good technology to the table, technology that Oracle will likely exploit and monetize.
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Java, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, OpenSolaris
Wondering what the next version of Solaris might look like? OpenSolaris offers some hints.
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virtualization, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, OpenSolaris, Storage
Hard-Core Hardware: Analysts weigh in on the proposed acquisition with scenarios ranging from doom and gloom to eternal sunshine.
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Java, Oracle, virtualization, Sun Microsystems, acquisitions
