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January 2008

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The CIO Perspective


Millions of Reasons
for Virtualization


Virtualization technology is at the core of an ambitious Sun IT consolidation program that's expected to save $1.5 million in datacenter server costs in the first year alone. » Full story

Bob Worrall
CIO, Sun Microsystems
Write me at cio@sun.com

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Strengthening Data Security
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Virtualization isn't just for the datacenter. Virtualized desktop environments can help your organization strengthen enterprise security by moving the desktop to the datacenter — and reduce energy consumption and administration costs for legions of laptops or PCs. » Full story
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Sun xVM Ops Center 1.0 is the new datacenter automation tool for streamlining discovery, monitoring, hardware management, and operating system provisioning and updates for Linux and Solaris OS using one console. » Read more
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Get tech tips on using the powerful Solaris Live Upgrade tool for updates and patches while minimizing risk and downtime.
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