All Posts Tagged With: "sun"

Sun’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

Sun Microsystems Acquires Q-layer To Expand Cloud Offerings

Sun Microsystems just announced it has acquired Q-layer, a cloud computing company that automates the deployment and management of both public and private clouds. The 35 people from the Q-layer organization, based in Belgium, will become part of Sun’s Cloud Computing business unit.

7Jan2009 | Toon Vanagt | 3 comments | Continued

Sun Releases xVM VirtualBox 2.1

Sun Microsystems has introduced an updated to xVM VirtualBox, now at version 2.1.

19Dec2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued

Sun Microsystems Updates Solaris, ZFS

Sun Microsystems has introduced a new version of its Solaris operating system offering enhancements to virtualization support and the company’s ZFS file system. The open source version of the platform has also been demonstrated on IBM mainframes for the first time.

4Nov2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued

Sun and Fujitsu Introduce SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server, Aims to Redefine Midrange Enterprise Computing

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu Limited today announced the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, the first server to deliver the scalability and reliability of traditional midrange systems with the breakthrough performance and radical energy efficiency of the UltraSPARC T2 Plus architecture.

13Oct2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued

IBM Adds More Virtualization Capabilities to Power Systems, Eyeing Sun and HP

IBM, which combined its System i and System p server product lines earlier this year, is revamping its Power Systems to offer more systems for enterprise and midmarket customers.

8Oct2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued

Sun Announces xVM Server, xVM Ops Center 2.0 — Public Release Coming Soon

Sun Microsystems today announced the availability of Sun xVM Server software and Sun xVM Ops Center 2.0, key components in its strategy. Sun also announced the addition of comprehensive services and support for Sun xVM Server software and xVM Ops Center 2.0 to its virtualization suite of services.

11Sep2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued

VirtualBox 2.0 Hits The Wire

Sun just announced the availability of Sun xVM Virtual Box 2.0. The biggest change in xVM VirtualBox 2.0 is the new support for 64-bit versions of operating systems like Windows Vista and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in addition to all other major host operating systems.

4Sep2008 | Kris Buytaert | 0 comments | Continued

BMC Software Launches Virtualization Management Solutions In Partnership with Microsoft, Sun and VMware

BMC Software today announced nine new, integrated solutions specifically designed to help customers eliminate the rising risk and operational expenses associated with inadequate management of virtualized IT environments.

2Sep2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | Continued

Sun Microsystems Nearly Doubles Sun Ray Shipments

Sun Microsystems today announced the company nearly doubled shipments of its Sun Ray thin clients during the fourth quarter of Sun’s 2008 fiscal year, compared to the third quarter of its 2008 fiscal year.

21Aug2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued

VMware, Cisco Join Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program

Microsoft’s Server Virtualization Validation Program, which was first announced in November 2007, and launched last June with the patricipation of Citrix, Sun, Novell and Virtual Iron, signed up two notable new members with Cisco and VMware.

19Aug2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | Continued

Should VMWare Watch Out For VirtualBox?

IT Wire has a good introductory article about VirtualBox. Sadly, their introduction is a bit wrong in the details.

14Aug2008 | Kris Buytaert | 1 comment | Continued
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