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  • Sun to simplify its software

    Sun Microsystems will build its entire collection of software into a single, gigantic version of its Solaris operating system and release updates once a quarter, Sun's top software executive said Tuesday.

  • Sun lays off software employees

    Sun Microsystems has laid off employees in its software group, part of a gradually expanding job-cut program by a company that has yet to return to consistent revenue growth.

  • Sun has software plans for rival servers

    Sun Microsystems plans to announce Tuesday that its Java Enterprise System, a collection of server software, will be available on two rivals' operating systems in the first quarter of 2005.

  • Sun to give away server software

    Sun Microsystems on Monday announced an update to its application server software along with plans to offer a free version of the product.

  • Sun builds software to slice up servers

    With its next version of the Solaris operating system, Sun Microsystems plans to take a new direction with its technology to divide a server into a large number of independent partitions.

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  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    What kind of company is Oracle?

    As Oracle gets bigger and bigger, one question remains unanswered: what type of company is Oracle?

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    A testimonial bites back

    Never have I seen a stranger vendor "testimonial" given than that by the NSW Department of Primary Industry's Warwick Lill of Sun Microsystems at Gartner's datacentre summit last week.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Itanium's growing pains

    Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.

  • Read the blog post - Colin Ho

    Sun shining on Ajnaware

    Graham Dawson talks about the future of iPhone app development and augmented reality.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Odd patents and the patently odd

    Today I'm taking a dip into the most interesting patents -- and patently silly ideas -- and what manner of messed-up services may be coming to your handset before too long, including the fertility phone, smellophone and Feng Shui phone.

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  • Sun: 'Frankenstein' computing will end

    In the next few years, a "phase change" will take place as companies stop running their own customised computing infrastructure, Sun Microsystems Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos predicted Thursday.

  • Software's 'stack wars'

    To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.

  • Sun's Linux PC cheaper, McNealy boasts

    Sun Microsystems plans to get into the PC business next year, selling a Linux-based desktop that will cost less than half to own and operate than a comparable system running Windows.

  • Open-source clan in spat with Sun

    A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.

  • The Information Age is dead, says Schwartz

    Jonathan Schwartz promoted a new theme of participation at JavaOne in San Francisco, with announcements about Java in Blu-ray development, a renewed partnership with IBM and the open sourcing of server-side Java.

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  • Sun launches free Solaris

    At Sun Microsystems' quarterly event, Sun CEO Scott McNealy delivers details about the new, free version of the Solaris 10 operating system.

  • Sun plans software support for Opteron

    Sun Microsystems' software products will support AMD's new Opteron--but not initially the chip's 64-bit capabilities that distinguish it from rival Intel processors.

  • Sun releases Liberty-enabled software

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

  • Sun adds polish to portal software

    In the run up to a June 19 online launch of a whole new product line, Sun has just released its Sun One Portal Server 6, to replace the iPlanet Portal Server.

  • Sun Fire X4275

    Sun Microsystem's Sun Fire X4275 is an excellent all-rounder, although we'd love it if the noise could be cut down a little more.

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