Sun Microsystems Press Releases

Sun Unveils New Systems Powered By Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the availability of its first Sun Fire and Sun Blade systems powered by Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, bringing new capabilities, increased performance and expanded scalability to customers that purchase or upgrade to these quad-core systems. The Sun Fire X4140, Sun Fire X4240 and Sun Fire X4440 servers, the newest systems to join Sun's extensive x64 (x86, 64-bit) server line, give customers industry-leading energy efficiency, density and scalability powered by Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors and a choice of operating systems, including the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), OpenSolaris operating system, Linux, Windows and VMware. To take advantage of special offers and promotions for these servers, including Sun's Try and Buy program, visit:
http://www.sun.com/promotions/campaigns/index.jsp?cid=ti_105
http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy
http://www.sun.com/tradeins/offerings/opteron.jsp

Sun Microsystems Announces Technology Preview of Open Source Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and New Sun GlassFish Communications Server

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the GlassFish community today announced the immediate availability of the technology preview release of the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 and new Sun GlassFish Communications Server. Sun also announced a new GlassFish Partner initiative designed to provide developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs) with access to a large number of frameworks and applications running on the GlassFish application server. Download the GlassFish Enterprise Server V3 at http://www.GlassFish.org.

Sun Microsystems and Liferay Launch Initiative to Develop Next-Generation Web Technologies

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the OpenPortal community today announced a new open source initiative with Liferay, Inc. to develop a common Web presentation platform that incorporates portal and integration technologies from both companies. Developers will now have access to a new, stable, standards-based Web presentation platform. The Sun and Liferay products resulting from this initiative will bring developers simple, lightweight presentation capabilities for GlassFish, Sun's open source Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application server. Free downloads are available at http://www.glassfish.org/portal.

Sun Adds Comprehensive Video Capabilities to Ubiquitous Java Platform with On2 Technologies

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with On2 Technologies (AMEX: ONT) to add comprehensive video capabilities, using On2 Technologies TrueMotion video codecs, to Sun's JavaFX, a family of products for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with immersive media and content across all the "screens of your life". For more information on the JavaFX family of products visit http://www.javafx.com and for details on On2 video technologies visit http://www.on2.com.

Sixth Annual Duke's Choice Awards Spotlights 2008's Most Innovative Java Technology Applications

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the winners of the sixth annual Duke's Choice Awards. The Duke's Choice Awards program recognizes the year's most influential Java technology-based applications submitted by developers and companies around the world. The winners are chosen by Vice President and Sun Fellow James Gosling, along with a panel of Java technology experts at Sun. For full details on the winning companies and their applications, please visit: http://www.java.com/en/dukeszone/dukeschoice.jsp.

Sun Microsystems Rocks 2008 JavaOne Conference With JavaFX Rich Client Technology And New Consumer and Developer Technologies That Connect All Facets of Digital Life

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

In his opening keynote at the 13th annual JavaOne developer conference, Rich Green, executive vice president of Software at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) will highlight the role Java technology plays in powering compelling content and rich end-user experiences across all the "screens of your life". Green will provide a new look at the dynamic content, sophisticated services and application mashups made possible by JavaFX, a family of products for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with immersive media and content. For more information about Sun's announcements at the JavaOne conference visit: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/javaone2008/

Rock Legend Neil Young Joins Sun Microsystems at 2008 JavaOne Conference to Announce Career Archive Blu-ray Disc Series

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced a collaboration with Neil Young and Reprise/Warner Bros. Records for the release of the upcoming Neil Young Archive series on Blu-ray Disc, powered by Java technology. Young will join Sun CEO and president Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green, executive vice president for Software, on stage during the JavaOne conference opening keynote to announce this revolutionary new project and demonstrate some of the interactive features of his upcoming Blu-ray Disc box set. Visit: http://www.java.com or http://www.neilyoung.com for more information.

Sun Microsystems Hosts Second Annual CommunityOne Open Source Developer Conference for World's Technology Communities

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

In his opening keynote at the annual CommunityOne open source developer conference, Ian Murdock, vice president for Developer and Community Marketing at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), will discuss the increasing role communities play in the software industry, how technologies and the companies and communities that create them are increasingly interconnected, and how the power of community can and should play a role in next generation platforms. Additional Sun executives keynoting at the event include Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and president, and Rich Green, executive vice president of Software.

Sun Microsystems and NetBeans Community Extend Reach to Scripting Community with Launch of NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the NetBeans community today announced the immediate availability of the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Early Access for PHP scripting language, bringing the power of NetBeans to Web 2.0-style developers. Additionally they announced the general availability of the award-winning NetBeans 6.1 IDE. Download NetBeans now at http://www.netbeans.org.

Live from CommunityOne, Sun Introduces OpenSolaris - Free, Open, Easy-to-Integrate With World-Class Support and Unique Features to Fuel Innovation

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the global OpenSolaris community jointly announced immediate availability of the OpenSolaris Operating System (OS). OpenSolaris, based on Sun's Solaris kernel and created through community collaboration, delivers an unrivaled development and deployment environment offering the right mix of rapid innovation, platform stability and support to meet business and development needs. Download the OpenSolaris OS now at http://www.opensolaris.com/.

Sun Microsystems Delivers OpenSolaris on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced two new offerings that will significantly expand customer choice by providing users with access to Sun's innovative open source software running on the Amazon Web Services platform. For the first time, Sun's OpenSolaris Operating System (OS) will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a Web service that provides resizeable compute capacity in the cloud and changes the economics of computing by allowing customers to pay only for the infrastructure software services and capacity that they actually use. Additionally, Sun is adding premium technical support for its MySQL database running on Linux and Amazon EC2 to its global support and services offerings. To access OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2, register at http://www.sun.com/amazon. MySQL can be downloaded for a wide variety of platforms at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads.

Sun Microsystems Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Results

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) reported results today for its fiscal third quarter, which ended March 30, 2008.

Open Source Java Technology Debuts In GNU/Linux Distributions

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), Canonical Ltd. and Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), today announced the inclusion of OpenJDK-based (http://openjdk.java.net) implementations in Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server and Desktop editions, furthering the promise of Sun's open source Java technology initiative.

JavaOne Conference Announces 2008 Show Devices

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced the show devices for the upcoming 2008 JavaOne conference, May 6-9 at Moscone Center in San Francisco- the Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe, the Sony Ericsson K850i and the Sentilla Perk Kit. The show devices are available for purchase by anyone with a JavaOne conference badge, on a first-come, first-served basis. For each individual show device, purchases are limited to one per customer. JavaOne Conference attendees can purchase these devices Tuesday -Thursday, May 6-8, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Moscone Center, South Upper Lobby Hang Space. JavaOne conference registration details are available at: http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp.

Sun Microsystems Extends World's First Open Storage Platform with New Services and Tools in OpenSolaris Operating System

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the addition of powerful developer tools and expanded professional service capabilities to help developers better leverage the growing open source communities that are fast changing the economics of the storage IT landscape. Over 3,000 members and 30+ projects within an active and growing OpenSolaris storage community demonstrate a groundswell within the storage industry for developers and enterprise companies to use open source alternatives to expensive proprietary storage offerings.

Sun Announces General Session Details For CommunityOne Free and Open Developer Conference

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced details on the CommunityOne conference General Session that will be held May 5, 2008 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. CommunityOne is a free, one-day event that allows developers and students to benefit from the innovation and choice of the free and open source ecosystem - http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/.

Sun Microsystems Names Mike Splain Executive Vice President of Microelectronics Group

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that it has named Mike Splain executive vice president of the Microelectronics Group. Splain will report to CEO and president Jonathan Schwartz and joins the company's Executive Leadership Team. A Sun fellow, Splain is a 20-year Sun veteran with broad management and technical expertise across microelectronics and systems. In his added role Splain will lead all aspects of the Microelectronics technology development and business operations.

Sun Launches Solaris On Demand Program to Enable ISVs to Quickly Convert Existing Applications to Software-as-a-Service Model

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced Solaris On Demand, its software as a service (SaaS) program for the independent software vendor (ISV) community. This program provides ISVs with the technology, hosted infrastructure and services needed to offer their software as a service. It is especially targeted at ISVs with a traditional, on-premise license model who want to offer their existing application on-demand without having to use a multitenancy application architecture. To provide the hosting services, Sun is working with several partners such as NaviSite for U.S.-based and European Union companies, AT&T's USi for U.S.-based companies and NTT Europe Online for European Union companies. With the Solaris On Demand program, ISVs can create offerings that meet the application availability, security, scalability and cost requirements of their own customers. To join the Solaris On Demand program, visit http://www.sun.com/ondemand.

Sun Microsystems and Java Card Forum Announce Next Generation of Industry Leading Java Card Technology

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the Java Card Forum (JCF) today announced the availability of version 3.0 of the award winning Java Card platform specification, to help kickoff the SIMPosium 2008 Conference in Berlin. This release is the most significant architectural expansion in the dynamic, 10 year history of Java Card technology and a revolutionary step forward for smart card chip manufacturers, smart card vendors, and Java Card platform implementation providers. A detailed list of new features and functions for the Java Card Platform 3.0 specification can be found at http://java.sun.com/javacard.

Sun Microsystems Introduces MySQL Workbench

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the availability of MySQL Workbench, a new visual database design tool that integrates data modeling, physical database design, database creation, change management and documentation capabilities into a single, seamless environment for MySQL developers and DBAs.