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- Optimizing Oracle's Siebel Applications for the Sun Platform, Solaris 10 OS, and UltraSPARC T1 Processor
- This paper discusses the performance optimization of a complete Siebel Enterprise solution on the Sun platform using UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC IV+ processor based servers. Also presented in detail is information on tuning the Solaris Operating System OS tuning, Siebel 7.7 tuning, Oracle Database 10g server tuning, Sun storage tuning...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Solaris 10, Performance, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Siebel Systems Inc., Sun Solaris, Performance Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Processors, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Sun takes aim at Red Hat with Solaris 10
- Sun takes aim at Red Hat with Solaris 10Very nice, I'm sureHowever, Sun has a fundamental problem in the hardware dimension. They don't have much in the way of driver support for inexpensive platforms, their hardware though good is pricy, and outside of the basic AMP stack they don't...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Programming languages, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, hardware, CDE, Sun Sparc, Red Hat Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sun Solaris 10
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- A reason for Unix sysadmins to thank Microsoft
- A reason for Unix sysadmins to thank MicrosoftSun server salesA substantial increase in revenues on a comparatively small growth in shipments. Sun has been able to sell expensive computers, apparently, but will the company be able to maintain sales with market changes?IDC:Dell Inc grew just a little bit faster...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Sales force management, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, Unix, sales, Unix expert, Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-11-23
- 10 vs. 10
- I had an incautious moment last week in which I said that 10 Sun Rays attached to one V890 would outperform 10 AIX workstations on engineering applications. Here's part of what Roger Ramjet had to say about that: My 10 AIX workstations WITHOUT A SERVER would...
- Tags: IBM Corp., IBM AIX, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-04-10
- The Gartner Rules: Linux, Sun Ray, and Windows/XP
- The Myths About Desktop Linux Persist, or, at least, that's the title of a Gartner Group "Managment Update" filed on April 13th of last year. Here's the thumbnail: The benefits of a Linux operating system OS in a desktop environment continue to be overhyped. Contributing...
- Tags: Linux, Gartner Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-27
- The megahertz myth and the UltraSPARC T1
- Until quite recently Intel's basic sales pitch on its PC CPUs focused on the notion that higher megahertz rates automatically produce improved throughput and most of the PC market accepted that as reasonable. It wasn't, of course; but Apple has lost significant market share over this bit of misrepresentation and...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Xeon
- Blog posts 2006-02-07
- Oracle and Sun take aim at Microsoft, IBM and HP
- I'm at the Oracle/Sun announcement, sandwiched in the second row between news.com's Stephen Shankland and Gillmor Gang Steve Gillmor waiting for the wisecracking CEOs, Ellison and McNealy, to hit the stage at Oracle's conference center in Redwood City, CA.Pre-announcement, Shankland is calling the announcement Snoracle:Given that list of subjects and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
- Migrating Sybase
- Migrating SybaseYup...DBMSor RDBMS...Ok, so now the question is: Did Murph intentionally pick a systesm using a DBMS that stands a decent chance of benefitting from T1, or was it an accident?As an aside, given the recent Orace/Sun warming, I bet Oracle will start crafting software that benefits from T1.Is...
- Tags: Network technology, Databases, NETWORKING, Storage, T1, database, Sybase Inc., DBMS
- Discussion threads 2006-01-09
- Parsing Sun's rhetoric
- Parsing Sun's rhetoricCarr vs. SunCarr is irritated at Sun, because Sun says IT matters, and Carr says it does not. In fact at the recent Sun event, Sun slammed Carr and his thesis.So Carr is getting a little revenge with one of the easiest pickings, Sun's scattered message. ...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Processors, NETWORKING, Sun Microsystems Inc., Carr
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Eco Sun rising with the UltraSPARC T1
- Eco Sun rising with the UltraSPARC T1Sun is the next Digital ....Jonathan is correct in that "volume begets value", however Sun is not a volume company. In 2001 we at META Group wrote an article called "Sun is the next digital unless…" on the basis that server infrastructure had shifted...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Processors, IT Services, IT Management, T1, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2005-11-14
- A deafening silence: the media on Sun
- A deafening silence: the media on SunAmen, brother!About 5 years ago when the "dot bomb" implosion occured, Sun probably got hit the hardest. They also miscalculated by a wide margin the duration of the dot com bust, and suffered some pretty big financial and marketshare losses as a result.The good...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- A deafening silence: the media on Sun
- I make no secret of the fact that I type these blogs on a Sun 60 workstation using vi - I know that makes me a biased old codger, but there you go, we all wear the jerseys that come with the stuff we use, and I use Solaris on...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-09-28
- McNealy holds hope for 'iPod moments'
- McNealy holds hope for 'iPod moments'Soon Sun will take back the crown....and destroy both Microsoft and IBM! YES! GO SUN!!!:-) :-) :-)PersistenceI think Apple's success is because of its persistence. They release new product after new product after new product each a little better than the last and even when...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iPod Moment, Apple iPod, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-20
- Sun upgrades servers with UltraSparc IV+ debut
- Sun upgrades servers with UltraSparc IV+ debutLet me get this straightThe Ultra IV was a dual core Ultra III. The Ultra IV+ is a Ultra IV with a cache. You MEAN that you had a dual core and NEITHER one had a cache? GAAAAAAAAAAAACK! I don't think even InHell is...
- Tags: Processors, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM POWER5, dual-core, Sun UltraSPARC
- Discussion threads 2005-09-15
- Apple - Intel talks just a herring?
- Apple - Intel talks just a herring?Ultrasparc?Even Sun is moving away from the Ultrasparc. Sun is going to AMD and Intel for the low and middle end, and they're going to Fujitsu Sparc64 for the high-end (full disclosure, I work for Fujitsu). If the creators of Ultrasparc won't...
- Tags: Processors, Network technology, Apple Mac OS X, chip architecture, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-25
- Will Apple switch to Intel?
- There's a report, apparently in today's Wall Street Journal but summarized on the Mac Observer and by Reuters, to the effect that Apple has been negotiating use of Intel CPUs. As part of the report, there's speculation that Apple could abandon the PowerPC for Pentium and the usual less than...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Will Apple switch to Intel?
- There's a report, apparently in today's Wall Street Journal but summarized on the Mac Observer and by Reuters, to the effect that Apple has been negotiating use of Intel CPUs. As part of the report, there's speculation that Apple could abandon the PowerPC for Pentium and the usual less than...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Sun rises above Wall Street goal
- Sun rises above Wall Street goalWhat do you mean "but ... the company made more layoffs..."Article summary:Sun Microsystems beat analyst [profit] targets for its most recent quarter, but revenue was lighter than expected and the company made more layoffs than it had previously announced.The layoffs presumably had nothing to do...
- Tags: Processors, Workforce management, Strategy, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-10-14
- Sun: UltraSparc IV+ doubles server oomph
- Sun: UltraSparc IV+ doubles server oomphLast to 90nmSun is dead last in the race for 90nm chips. Maybe they won't have the growing pains that struck all the other "hot shots" that lept to 90nm ASAP. In the meantime, they are dead last . . .Crickets in the Sun roomand...
- Tags: server, Sun Microsystems Inc., server oomph, UltraSPARC IV+, Sun UltraSPARC
- Discussion threads 2004-10-05
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