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    At first blush, Greg Gianforte would seem to be the ideal candidate for Sun Microsystems' Grid service. But the chief executive of RightNow Technologies isn't interested.

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    Sun Microsystems on Monday will launch a server with four Opteron processors, sources said, the latest step in the company's effort to expand its product line beyond its own processors.

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    Red Hat has released the code to the directory server it acquired from Netscape and will start offering commercial support later this month.

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    Sun Microsystems will deliver a full-featured version of its Java server product line in the second half of next year, a Sun executive said on Thursday.

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    Sun says the new version of Solaris improves high-end server performance by 12 to 40 percent.

  • Sun's chiefs on the hot seat

    Scott McNealy sees glory days ahead for new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Are they cut from the same cloth?

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    Sun Microsystems will release new software that takes advantage of the Liberty technology for simplifying the process of signing on to multiple Web sites.

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  • Sun working on StarOffice update

    Sun Microsystems is set to offer a test release of a new version of the software package, one of the company's most visible efforts to erode Microsoft's dominance over PC computing.

  • Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450 server

    For raw power Sun Microsystem's Sun Fire X4450 is the gutsiest server we've seen, and at 2RU it's compact considering its specs. However, priced at over AU$27,000, this machine will make a dent in your budget.

  • Intel reclaims spot in Sun servers

    Sun Microsystems announced Monday that it will resume selling servers with Intel's Xeon processor, restoring a hardware partnership and extending it to software collaboration.

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