All Posts Tagged With: "sun"
Sun Microsystems Unleashes VirtualBox 3.0, Adds Many Server Virtualization Features
Sun Microsystems today announced a new version of Sun VirtualBox, its cross-platform virtualization software.
1Jul2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedSun Updates OpenSolaris
Sun announced the latest release of the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, delivering features in networking, storage and virtualization, along with significant performance enhancements and developer productivity updates.
1Jun2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedSun To Virtualize … Good Old Tape Drives?
Sun Microsystems has revealed plans to add one of the newest storage technologies into one of the oldest storage methods in use: tape drives.
20May2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedFollowing Move To Acquire Sun, Oracle Buys Virtual Iron
As had been rumored for quite a while, Oracle has now agreed to acquire Virtual Iron Software.
13May2009 | Robin Wauters | 4 comments | ContinuedIndustry Moves: Sun Microsystems Desktop Virtualization Expert Jefferi Holland Joins Systems Alliance
Systems Alliance, a regional systems integrator providing high-value IT and business consulting services, today announced Jefferi V. Holland, formerly a senior desktop virtualization specialist and senior pre-sales engineer with Sun Microsystems, has joined the company as a senior technical architect.
7May2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedOracle Gets Sun xVM, Solaris Zones and Virtualbox
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When Oracle announced that it will be acquiring Sun it didn’t just impact the database market. It’s not just the question of what will happen with MySQL, OpenOffice and Java. The impact on the virtualization market is big as well.
At the moment Sun has a very confusing virtualization offering: they have different flavours, different tools [...]
Sun Releases VirtualBox 2.2, Comes With OVF Support
Sun Microsystems today announced the availability of Sun VirtualBox 2.2, the latest release of its free and open source virtualization software.
10Apr2009 | Robin Wauters | 3 comments | ContinuedIBM Walks Away From Talks Over Potential Sun Acquisition
IBM has withdrawn its $7 billion bid for Sun Microsystems today (Sunday), reports the NY Times, who confirmed the collapse of the talks based on a statement from an unnamed source while several other media, including the Wall Street Journal and ZDNet, were still speculating.
6Apr2009 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedSun Microsystems Releases Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3
Sun Microsystems today announced the availability of Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 3, which provides new enhancements and features to help companies maximize their IT infrastructure utilization and improve manageability of desktop deployments.
24Mar2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVideo: Sun Open Cloud Announcement
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, or if you’ve been completely distracted by the speculation about an impending acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM, you know Sun yesterday announced its Open Cloud Platform. In the 8-minute video below, found on DataCenterKnowledge, Lew Tucker (CTO Cloud Computing & Developer Platforms at Sun) outlines some of the details.
20Mar2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedSun Microsystems Reportedly A $7 Billion Acquisition Target For IBM
It’s all over Techmeme: the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times report that IBM is in talks with Sun Microsystems to acquire the fledgling technology giant. Larry Dignan over at ZDnet says it makes sense, Dana Garder over at … also ZDnet calls it a red herring. Om Malik says it would make more sense for Cisco Systems to buy Sun, CNET’s Matt Asay says a deal would be good for open source. Meanwhile, Sun’s stock soars.
18Mar2009 | Robin Wauters | 2 comments | ContinuedSun’s xVM VirtualBox 2.1.2 Comes With Full Support For Windows 7 Beta
Sun has announced the newest version of xVM VirtualBox, which got a significant update. VirtualBox 2.1.2 is the first to fully support the beta version of Windows 7 as a guest or operating system.
26Jan2009 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued
