Sun Customer Success Stories http://sun.com/customers/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:38:15 PST Copyright: (C) 1995-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. The German Chess Foundation, organizers of the 38th Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008, planned to stream matches of the Olympiad for the first time. Working with Sun, they created a Web platform based on Sun SPARC Enterprise servers, the Sun Java Enterprise System, and the Solaris 10 OS. Every match was successfully streamed, and the event’s Web site supported millions of user sessions. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/german_chess.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/german_chess.xml Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST When the founders of a new production house for computer-generated imagery looked for technology to support their business, they enrolled in Sun Startup Essentials. The program gave them affordable access to Sun Unified Storage that provided cached memory powerful enough to manage projects from leading film studios. http://www.sun.com/customers/storage/mobius.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/storage/mobius.xml Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST To launch a new private cloud backup service for enterprise customers, U.K.-based Redstor needed a stable platform that could store large quantities of data cost effectively. By choosing Sun Open Storage, the company was able to create a platform that reduced TCO by 50%, lowered energy consumption by 26%, and increased storage utilization. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/redstor.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/redstor.xml Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST A national oil company in South America needed to upgrade its high-performance computing capabilities to handle a challenging project. For increased compute power and scalability, it sponsored a university-run HPC network based on the Sun Blade 6048 Modular System with Sun Blade X6275 Server Modules. It more than doubled compute performance and can triple its infrastructure in the existing floor space. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/br_network.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/br_network.xml Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST A Canadian supercomputing consortium needed to find the right high-performance hardware and software solution to fit into its innovative cylindrical datacenter. The organization implemented a Sun High Performance Computing solution along with Sun Lustre Storage, and HPC software. The consortium now has a world-class, efficient, HPC platform that will attract top-quality research talent. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/clumeq.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/clumeq.xml Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST A German automobile conglomerate chose Sun Microsystems to update its storage infrastructure with enterprise systems from the Sun StorageTek 9900V family. By engaging Sun as a managed service provider, the company receives around-the-clock service, minimizes its risk, reduces costs, and greatly simplifies its IT operations. http://www.sun.com/customers/storage/bmw_group.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/storage/bmw_group.xml Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST A startup company needed a platform that could deliver high performance, reliability, and scalability for its market intelligence solution. It gained the infrastructure it wanted, featuring Sun Fire X2200 M2 Servers, an Oracle Database 11g and Java, thanks to the Sun Startup Essentials program. And within six months, the platform had delivered ROI. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/polecat.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/polecat.xml Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST To cut the cost of managing more than 500 physical servers, this Canadian province began migrating to a virtual environment based on the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System. The new solution reduces IT labor, and datacenter power, cooling, and space requirements and has cut deployment time for applications from several weeks to just days or sometimes minutes. http://www.sun.com/customers/storage/pei.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/storage/pei.xml Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST After deciding to replace the outdated hardware underlying its business-critical SAP environment, a global manufacturer built a new platform based on Sun SPARC Enterprise servers, Sun Blades, and Sun StorageTek systems — all running on the Solaris 10 OS. To date the new platform has cut the SAP environment’s energy usage by 59% and has increased server efficiency by 108%. http://www.sun.com/customers/software/bosch.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/software/bosch.xml Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST An automotive engineering company consolidated an inefficient heterogeneous IT environment with a virtualization system based on two powerful Sun x86 servers running VMware ESX. It also deployed Sun StorageTek tape and SAN disk technologies for scalable data storage, archiving, and protection. The solution helped the company cut energy costs by 70% and achieve full ROI in 18 months. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/rleusa.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/rleusa.xml Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT One of the U.K.’s leading providers of DIY and building materials replaced contact center PCs with Sun Virtual Display Clients. The new hardware is saving the business money by reducing power consumption by 75% and cutting back on the cost of maintenance and support. http://www.sun.com/customers/software/screwfix.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/software/screwfix.xml Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT To cut costs and ease administration, a city government in Texas consolidated servers with a solution that includes Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 servers, Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers, and Sun virtualization technology. As a result, the City has cut datacenter energy consumption by 15% and reduced its server footprint by more than 85% while increasing workload by 30%. http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/sanantonio.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/servers/sanantonio.xml Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Managing access to applications was time consuming and frustrating at this healthcare provider in Italy. By adopting Sun Identity Manager, the organization has changed the situation completely. Requesting access, recovering a forgotten password, and deactivating a user account are now automated and quicker. Furthermore, data is better protected, ensuring compliance with the law. http://www.sun.com/customers/software/usl11_empoli.xml http://www.sun.com/customers/software/usl11_empoli.xml Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT