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Cloud computing is IT efficiency on a whole new scale, and Sun is primed to take it to a higher level.
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Imagine scaling up instantly to massive capacities to meet changing needs. Then imagine doing it on the Web, without having to invest in new infrastructure, train new personnel, or license new software. That's cloud computing, and Sun is making it a reality.
Cloud computing is all about efficiency. You can deploy and access everything from single systems to massive amounts of IT resources, on demand, in real time, at an affordable cost. Forward-looking companies of all types are now looking at this model to simultaneously reduce infrastructure costs and increase computational capabilities.
Cloud computing isn't just about hardware, it is also a programming revolution. Agile, easy-to-access, lightweight Web protocols — coupled with pervasive, horizontally scaled architecture — can accelerate development cycles and time-to-market with new applications and services.
With cloud computing, you can:
- Reduce Capital Expenditures — Cloud computing makes it possible for companies to convert IT costs from capital expense to operating expense through technologies such as virtualization.
- Reduce Cost of Running a Datacenter — Cloud computing improves infrastructure utilization rates and streamlines resource management. For example, cloud computing allows for self-service provisioning through APIs, bringing a higher level of automation to the datacenter and reducing management costs.
- Eliminate Over-Provisioning — Cloud computing provides scaling on demand which, when combined with utility pricing, removes the need to over-provision to meet demand.
- Increase Agility — Cloud computing accommodates change like no other model, and can also provide a wider selection of more lightweight and agile development tools, simplifying and speeding up the development process.
- Accelerate Cycles — The cloud computing model provides a faster, more efficient way to develop the new generation of applications and services. Faster development and testing cycles means businesses can accomplish in hours what used to take days, weeks, or months.
Sun's strengths in Internet scale, application development portability, HPC deployment, and innovative storage and networking products enable you to use cloud computing to seduce cost and complexity, improve efficiency, and adapt quickly to changing business needs.
Besides its servers and storage gear, Sun has a formidable list of technologies that it can bring to the cloud market, including Solaris OS, MySQL database, xVM virtualization software and ZFS file system.
Sun will be unveiling more details about its strategy and offerings for cloud computing at the CommunityOne East conference on March 19.
Visit sg.sun.com on March 19 for all the details.
Regards,
Lionel
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