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»  Building Schools for the Future
»  Virtualizing Your Desktops
»  MySQL Opens Opportunities
EduConnection
September 2008 EduConnection
Joe's Notebook
Building Schools
for the Future
Dear Colleague,
My visit to the city of Bradford, England, showed how an innovative partnership is building schools for the future — and how the model can be copied throughout the world. MORE »
Joe Hartley Joe Hartley, VP, Global Government, Education and Healthcare
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Edu Resources
»  xVM Virtualization Launch
Learn how Sun’s new xVM portfolio lets you virtualize nearly everything, from desktop to datacenter
»  Security & Identity Radio Chat
Hear how education can use security and identity management from expert John Baines of North Carolina State University
»  Sun Modular Datacenter for Education
Mobile and cost-effective, the Sun Modular Datacenter supplies an innovative virtual platform for education IT
Education Events
»  EDUCAUSE
Network and learn at the premier IT event in higher education, October 28-31, Orlando, FL
»  MySQL: Sun in Education Webinar
Learn what makes MySQL the most cost effective, highest performance database for learning systems and education IT, September 17 or on demand
»  Does Your Digital Library Stack Up?
Tune into this Webinar on how Sun's Solution for Digital Libraries can help organizations archive and preserve content, September 25 or on demand
»  JA-SIG Unconference
Join the free-form collaboration on Java Architecture Special Interest Group initiatives, October 6-8, Madison, WI
»  HPC Consortium at SC08
Engage with Sun’s HPC Consortium at the 20th annual SC08 supercomputer conference, November 15-19, Austin, Texas
Inside Technology
Virtualizing Your Desktops
Virtualizing Your Desktops Moving the desktop to the
datacenter cuts costs and
boosts security and mobility
How can education IT do more with less? Institutions are reducing IT administration costs, fortifying security, and enhancing mobility by transitioning to virtualized desktop infrastructures in which applications and data reside on servers, accessible by virtually any device.
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Special Offers
Sun Fire 4540 Exclusive for Education: Up to 35% off Sun Fire x64 Servers
The fall term has begun, and the demands on your datacenter are greater than ever. Get the performance, energy efficiency, and manageability you need with Sun Fire x64 servers featuring the latest quad-core AMD processors — discounted up to 35 percent for education only through September 30.
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MySQL Education Only: Save up to 40% on MySQL Enterprise
Put the world’s most popular open source database to work at your institution — and save up to 40 percent on a full Sun software and support package, including unlimited licensing.
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Technology Toolkit
Sun Open Storage
Sun Open Storage Free tools to build and tune Open Storage systems
Sun Virtual Desktops
Sun Virtual Desktops Go virtual with PCs, laptops, or Sun Ray thin clients
Edu Insight
MySQL Opens Opportunities in Education
MySQL Opens Opportunities in Education From classroom to datacenter, Sun’s open source MySQL database is driving innovation and opening opportunities in education. New enterprise functionality in the forthcoming MySQL 5.1 and education-only discounts are boosting its appeal for IT administrators, faculty, and students.
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