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NaviSite Chooses Sun Blade Server Modules With Multi-Core Intel Xeon Processors to Virtualize Its Data Center and Help Enable New Dedicated Hosting Offerings

NaviSite is one of the world's leading providers of managed, dedicated hosting solutions and application services, with 17 data centers around the globe. Supporting hundreds of thousands of new Web sites and servers for small and medium-size businesses required a large data center footprint. To continue to meet demand, they...

Tags: Blade Server, Data Center, NaviSite Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blade, Multi-core, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2008-11-01

The Sun Blade 6000 Modular System: Open Modular Architecture With a Choice of Sun SPARC , Intel Xeon , and AMD Opteron Platforms

The Participation Age is driving new demands that are focused squarely on capabilities of the datacenter. Web services and rapidly escalating Internet use are driving competitive organizations to lead with innovative new services and scalable, dynamic infrastructure. High Performance Computing HPC is constantly finding new application in both science and...

Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, Sun Blade, Sun Sparc, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Participation Age, Data Centers, Storage, Cloud Computing, Blade Servers, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2007-06-01

Photos: Sun servers on stage

Execs show off new Sun Fires and its tower of blade power, the Sun Blade 8000, code-named Andromeda.

Tags: Blade servers, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blade, Sun Server, Sun Fire, tower, blade, server

Image galleries 2006-07-12

Comparing cost/benefit change: x86 vs. SPARC

Comparing cost/benefit change: x86 vs. SPARCSo you're predicting another losing quarter for Sun.Businesses seem to have templates for purchases. A high cost to us as individuals can appear an insignificant amount as a cost of doing business.Consider, please, the assertion: competition is not primarily about price or performance,...

Tags: Blade servers, Workstations, Servers, Processors, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blade, Unix, Sun Sparc, workstation, Sun Blade 150, Intel x86, PC

Discussion threads 2005-08-01

Comparing cost/benefit change: x86 vs. SPARC

On September 19, 2001, Dell's U.S. web site recommended the 17-inch Dell GX150 with 128 MB of RAM, a 20 GB hard disk, a 900-MHz Celeron, and Windows 2000 for desktop use in mid to large businesses. With Office 2000 the package came to $1,698. Today, not quite four years...

Tags: Sun Blade 150, RAM

Blog posts 2005-08-01

AMD chips, Linux line up for Sun blades

AMD chips, Linux line up for Sun bladesOn a not so related note...anyone try the Jave Desktop Environment yet?Non troll opinions please.

Tags: Blade servers, Servers, Utility computing, Sun Blade, AMD Chips, blade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., chip, Linux

Discussion threads 2003-12-03

Additional Resources

Eurocrats killing open source softly, says Ellison

Not so great......when you're on the receiving end, is it Larry? Seems to me all those who so joyfully cheered the EU on against Microsoft were warned about unintended consequences.Carl RapsonIt s blade with two side , becareful not to cut your hand Well its a 2 sided blade Mr...

Tags: Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test

Intel's Xeon 5500 processor has made a big splash in the server world as the major manufacturers each have their own brands featuring the 45nm Nehalem architecture. But which one is best? ZDNet UK's Alan Stevens puts the top models to the test and chooses a winner: ...

Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Prices, HP ProLiant DL380 G6, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andy Smith

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Pivot3 - a different take on unified computing

Pivot3's Lee Caswell and I spoke about a different take on unified computing architectures and storage centric computing. Lee and I crossed paths while he was with Sun Microsystems. Furthermore, Pivot3's take includes memory virtualization/distributed caching elements as well. Here's how Pivot3 describes itself ...

Tags: Network, Environment, Pivot3, Storage, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-31

How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?

How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?My Count ...8 PC's, 1 Laptop, 2 servers ...But I run my business out of my house ...LudoI want in on this1 RS 60003 Macs2 Laptops2 HP Netservers LH3s4 Desktops.I have been trying to get that number down for years though. Let's See1...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him.  Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Dell's analyst meeting: Looking for the big vision

Dell's analyst powwow on Tuesday is expected to focus heavily on storage and cost cutting, but lack any big transformation plans---although many observers are itching to hear more about the company's acquisition strategy and vision. Caris analyst Robert Cihra sums it up well. Dell has been focusing...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Vision, Cihra, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Is Oracle serious about hardware?

Is Oracle serious about hardware?The tech landscape is starting to look like the oil industryWhere 3 or 4 companies own it all. Its not all bad as long as innovation continues. But i hate to see open source products whenever they get popular get sucked into the mix....

Tags: Oracle Corp., hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Cisco takes Letterman-style approach to push Unified Computing System savings

Cisco raised the stakes today in the Great Data Center War of 2009 - and it didn't involve a new product or strategy announcement. Instead, the marketing department took to the Web in a David Letterman-type format to explain to a live audience why its new Unified...

Tags: Marketing, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Data center wars: HP preps its server sortie

Cisco, Dell, IBM and Sun have all rolled out their plans to cater to the next generation of data centers. Now it's Hewlett-Packard's turn.  HP on Monday will reportedly launch a new server system designed for corporate data centers. The Wall Street Journal reports: According to HP...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-15

Dell aims to poach Sun customers

Popular computer company Dell is attempting to make it easy for customers to migrate from proprietary server platforms and outdated legacy datacenters to more open, flexible, standards-based technology. In other words: Sun customers, Dell's headed your way. Dell's ProConsult Infrastructure Consulting service is positioned...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Dell PowerEdge, Servers, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Sun stays focused on products, not acquisition talks

There was a funny moment inside a briefing room on Sun Microsystems' Silicon Valley campus this week. Just as the company was about to kick-off a briefing about new products based on Intel's Nehalem chip, the media and analysts in the room were informed - albeit in a very friendly...

Tags: Acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Saving energy in a flash. Solid state drives will be hot for keeping data centers cooler.

Last year, EMC was the first major systems vendor to get solid state drives SSDs into both its enterprise and its midrange-class storage products. Quite a step up from the consumer applications, such as cameras, for which SSDs traditionally have been used. (I'm sure Sun will say they introduce the...

Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Solid State Disk, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-11

The failure of McNealy's ponytail strategy

The failure of McNealy's ponytail strategyKind of sad.Sun has brought many great technologies to the market so it's sad to see them go. I don't think Sun knew how to sell open source? It's a tricky thing when a company sells software with it's hardware and then gives...

Tags: Utility computing, Blade servers, Servers, UNIX, Operating systems, IBM Corp., Second Law, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., strategy

Discussion threads 2009-04-04