April 2008 »  Growing MySQL with Sun Support »  Unlimited Scale, Unlimited Possibilities »  Social Networking as a Business Tool »  MySQL for Developers »  Social Networking and the Enterprise »  JavaOne 2008 Growing MySQL with Sun Support  » By Lionel Lim The integration of Sun and MySQL is shaping up to be a perfect match that offers customers community innovation and, if they choose, Sun enterprise support. » Full story Social Networking and the Enterprise » Join me for a lively podcast on how social networking is transforming both business and IT — and what your organization can do to adapt. » Full story Bob Worrall CIO, Sun Microsystems Write me at cio@sun.com »  Contact us for product information or call 1-800-786-0404. »  MySQL Database »  Solaris Express Developer Edition »  Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 2.0 »  Java Studio Creator 2 Update 1 »  See All Downloads »  JavaOne 2008 Save with early bird registration for the world's premier Java technology conference. May 6–9, San Francisco. »  MySQL Conference & Expo The world's premier MySQL conference offers a look at Sun's direction for the open source database. April 14–17, Santa Clara, CA. »  Solaris OS + AMP View a Webcast on open source Apache, MySQL, and PHP for the Solaris 10 OS. »  NetBeans Net Talk Explore new features in the NetBeans 6.0 IDE in this brief Webcast. »  Webcast: Education 3.0 Learn how Sun technology can help education focus on eco responsibility and communities. »  Manufacturing Webcast Learn how Sun can help meet manufacturing computer-aided engineering (MCAE) challenges. » View archive New! Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers Multisocket and multithreaded, new Sun SPARC Enterprise servers outperform the competition in performance and scalability for virtualization, Web, and enterprise infrastructures. Tune in to our Web launch for product details and video highlights. » View more » Check out Sun’s latest news Unlimited Scale, Unlimited Possibilities » Sun’s acquisition of the MySQL open source database offers enormous opportunities for Sun and our customers and partners to meet the demands of the fast-growing network economy. » Full story »  Don Grantham’s Executive Perspective       Don Grantham       EVP, Global Sales         and Services       Sun Microsystems Social Networking as a Business Tool » How can companies capitalize on the social networking phenomenon to grow business? Social networking trailblazers from Sun offer their insights. » Full story Sun’s New MySQL Database: How It Stacks Up for Developers » Take a look under the hood of MySQL and get a sneak peek at what Sun has planned for the world’s most popular open source database. » Full story OpenSolaris, Security, and the NSA » The U.S. National Security Agency is collaborating with Sun and the OpenSolaris community to build an ultra-secure, next-generation Solaris OS. » Read Jonathan’s blog »  Get an iPod touch Free with a Sun Fire X4150! For maximum compute density, storage capacity, and networking connectivity in a single rack, you can't beat the Sun Fire X4150. Plus, get a free 8 GB iPod touch with your purchase! (Restrictions may apply). »  No Empty Ports: Grow Your SAN Solution Buy a 16-port Cisco MDS 9124 Multi-layer Fabric Switch at special price, and receive an additional 8-port absolutely FREE! »  The ROI in Upgrading to the Solaris 10 OS Download a just-published white paper by Crimson Consulting that shows five-year ROI ranging from 127 to 335 percent for customers upgrading to the Solaris 10 Operating System. »  SOA, Identity Management, and Security Sun and Accenture have partnered to deliver prebuilt SOA, identity management, and security solutions designed for rapid implementation and ROI. Online Merchant Scales and Saves with Solaris 10 OS » Internet Brands is using the Solaris 10 OS and virtualization to handle 20 times more concurrent users while retiring 20 servers to reduce power, cooling, and IT overhead costs. » Read more U.S. Army Gives Soldiers Web Access to Personnel Records » The U.S. Army relies on Sun servers and storage for a Web-based document management solution that gives soldiers secure and reliable online access to their personnel records. » Read more Denver Health Streamlines with Sun Virtual Desktops » By replacing PCs with Sun Ray thin clients, a Colorado healthcare provider is streamlining user access to patient information and poised to save up to $130,000 in energy costs. » Read more University Powers Genetics Research on Sun HPC Platform » The University of Calgary is answering demands for scalable high-performance computing (HPC) for genetics research with Sun servers, storage, and Solaris OS and Java technologies. » Read more Telco Cuts Energy Costs with CoolThreads Servers » Sun Fire CoolThreads servers with multithreaded UltraSPARC CPUs have enabled Danish communications provider Casema to reduce power consumption by 30 percent. » Read more Travel Provider Boosts Performance on Sun Platform » In just three months, implementation of Sun servers, storage, and the Solaris 10 OS has resulted in a 30 percent gain in application performance for travel provider Globalia. » Read more Online Media Company Easily Handles Peak Web Traffic » Scripps Network, with such brands as HGTV and the Food Network, is serving as many as 300 million online ads a day atop a scalable Sun Fire server and Solaris 10 OS Web infrastructure. » Read more © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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