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- 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., high-performance computing, amd opteron, sun blade, sun sparc, advanced micro devices inc., intel xeon, intel corp., agility, participation age, data centers, storage, 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
- Sun Case Study: Metaldyne Corporation
- Metaldyne Corporation is a leading global designer and supplier of metal-based components, assemblies, and modules for automakers. Metaldyne designers rely on Sun workstations and servers running the Solaris 8 Operating System for CAD and CAE. Leasing some 40 Sun workstations, including the Sun Blade 1000 Workstation, Sun Blade 1500 Workstation,...
- Tags: sun microsystems inc., sun blade, workstations, blade servers, servers, hardware
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- The shine is off another apple
- Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn into class-action that could include all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network...
- Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- The social media corporate identity crisis
- The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...
- Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- VMware launches new system builder, certification programs, joins Linux Foundation
- VMware is investing more resources in the channel and IT community -- and getting more involved in the Linux community -- to preserve its lead in the virtualization software market. At LinuxWorld and Next Generation Data Center Conference this week, the Palo Alto, Calif. virtualization software leader...
- Tags: vmware inc., system builder program, virtualization, linux, cloud computing, utility computing, storage management, open source, servers, hardware, operating systems, software, storage, paula rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop
- IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktopIbm should spend 1% of its revenueeach years to help , expend and monitor/sponsored open sourceUp to a certain point IBM OS/3 "pay back" linux or bsd flavor since we are into the "if/why not"...
- Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, servers, desktop, ibm corp., linux, microsoft corp., symphony, server
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses
- IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...
- Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...
- Tags: internet, desktops, operating systems, nich, sun ray, mission critical, institute, pc, sun microsystems inc., research institute
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Why x86 is perfectly fine for now
- Why x86 is perfectly fine for nowAgreed - But demand drives progressEverything you say is true, but the more people who say I want 64bit and I want it now, the more progress you will see in 64bit apps and drivers. If 64bit demand is low, companies will turn...
- Tags: intel x86, x64, x86 is, vista x64
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Who's responsible?
- Who's responsible?Murph finds a kindred spiritCongratulations. You found a quote with a Murph-style error in logic.Here's the situation: People eat enough bread to satisfy their need for calories, then use their remaining food money on meat. Less effective, more enjoyable.The price of bread goes up. The...
- Tags: anton, bread, murph, meat
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Everywhere I look, I see Clouds
- No, not a comment on the weather in East Yorkshire this 'summer,' but rather a reflection on the recent eruption of content related to Cloud computing. Having taken a long weekend away from the computer, punctuated by occasional iPhone-powered checking of my feeds to sate the addiction, it really did...
- Tags: software, web, cloud computing, web 3.0, cloud, linked data movement, channel management, marketing, paul miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?
- We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...
- Tags: clean technology, natural gas, energy, natural gas production, telecom & utilities, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- On GIFARs
- Ever since Rob McMillan of IDG published a story giving a preview of our coming Black Hat talk, specifically a preview of the portion of our talk related to GIFARs, media coverage of the research has swirled a bit out of control and there's been some misconceptions. My co-presenter John...
- Tags: black hat, vector, applet, image, attack, heasman, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-08-02
- Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"
- Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"What is the maintanance cost, and backup planshould a storm or fire destroy the structure?It's all about feeling goodThere are people who think logically, and people who think emotionally. Logically, solar is still a losing technology when factoring in all costs...
- Tags: taxes, free trade, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"
- The man from the bank stood in front of the small gathering and talked about solar energy and why his bank helped put together a community solar project in my new hometown: Ashland, Oregon. Bank of the Cascades, Executive Vice President, Bill Haden, said he explained the...
- Tags: bank, panel, washington, oregon, fossil fuel, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?
- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?Subscriptions, ah, yes...I remember back in the stone age when cable was born. Then it was, well, yes you are paying for it but NO COMMERCIALS, WOW!Years have passed and in most markets not only are you paying monthly, but there are programs...
- Tags: network technology, advertising & promotion, cable, consumer economic, realnetworks inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
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