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February 2008

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»  Save with Datacenter Consolidation

»  Schwartz on Sun and MySQL

»  Sun Wins InfoWorld Awards

»  Top 5 Solaris 10 Security Features

»  New! Developer Corner: GlassFish v2

»  Expectations for the Year of the Rat
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Expectations for the Year of the Rat

By Lionel Lim
Whether or not the Year of the Rat brings material prosperity or an economic downturn, businesses still need to remain agile. » Full story



The CIO Perspective
Bob Worrall Reaping the Rewards of Datacenter Consolidation

This month, I'm using a video to demonstrate how datacenter virtualization and consolidation is saving Sun millions of dollars while radically improving performance — and how you can do the same. » Full story
Bob Worrall
CIO, Sun Microsystems
Write me at cio@sun.com

»  Video: Consolidate and Save
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Sun’s MySQL Acquisition
Get the details from Jonathan Schwartz
Sun's president and CEO blogs on the $1 billion acquisition of open source database leader MySQL and what it means for Sun, the industry, and customers. » Read Jonathan's blog





Radically Improve Time to Deployment with Sun Modular Datacenter

»  Video: See Sun Modular Datacenter in Action

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Sun Modular Datacenter S20, widely known as Project Blackbox, packs an incredible combination of flexibility, compute power, and energy efficiency into a shipping container. Find out what it offers your organization. » Full story
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Technology Insights
Sun Wins InfoWorld Technology Awards
InfoWorld 2008: Technology of the Year AwardSun captured three coveted 2008 Technology of the Year Awards from InfoWorld, which found the Solaris 10 OS packed with “brilliant features” and the ZFS file system “amazingly well thought-out.”

»  Solaris 10 OS: Most Innovative Server OS

»  Sun Fire X4500: Best Storage Server

»  ZFS: Best File System
Save the Date! Sun Storage Archive Launch — February 27, 2008
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Receive a free “Sun Certified” T-shirt with certification in February or March 2008 as we commemorate our 500,000th Sun certification.
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»  BigAdmin BucksEarn Cool Prizes with BigAdmin Bucks
Share your expertise by submitting articles and how-to tech tips to Sun's BigAdmin program and earn BigAdmin bucks redeemable for jackets, T-shirts, hats, and other cool swag.
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For 14 years, the independent sunfreeware.com has been the #1 distributor of freeware for the Solaris OS. Check out this great collection of freeware for Solaris OS versions 2.5 to 10.
»  New Standard in 1RU Performance and ExpandabilityNew Standard in 1RU Performance and Expandability
If you're looking for maximum compute density, leading storage capacity, and networking connectivity in a single rack unit, you simply can't do better than this.
»  Blazing Performance with Precise ControlBlazing Performance with Precise Control
Go farther and faster with the Sun StorageTek 2500 Family Array. And now you can get a second RAID Controller at attractive pricing.
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»  Hardware Virtualization with Solaris 10 OS
Get technical insights into taking advantage of new Solaris 10 OS support for hardware virtualization with Sun xVM, Logical Domains, and VMware in this in-depth Sun BluePrints guide.
»  SolarisTop 5 Solaris OS Security Features You Should Be Using
Don’t miss this excellent insider’s look at the top five security features on the Solaris 10 OS from Sun’s Glenn Brunette, and how to use them to fortify enterprise security.
»  Webcast: Inside Sun’s Virtual Storage SolutionsWebcast: Inside Sun’s Virtual Storage Solutions
Learn how Sun’s Virtual Tape Library solutions can help you improve reliability and efficiency in your storage environment in this brief Webcast.
»  Beyond SOA — What’s Next?
Sun’s Ross Altman surveys what remains to be done to bring SOA to maturity in this column for SOA World magazine.
»  Demo: Patching Solaris OS and Linux with Sun ConnectionDemo: Patching Solaris OS and Linux with Sun Connection
View an online demo on how Sun Connection makes patching Solaris OS and Linux fast and pain-free.
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