Sun in the Communications Industry

When everyone is connected, anything is possible.

Communications

The world has joined the network to such extent that the two are now synonymous - the network is the world. The statistics speak for themselves:

More than 1 billion people connected across every continent
Billions of devices from sensors and cell phones to supercomputers
And petabytes of data in the form of e-mail streaming media, blogging, text messaging, package tracking, and more join the network on a weekly basis.

Today's Internet represents a market opportunity that dwarfs, by orders of magnitude, anything that's come before. With more than 70 percent of the world’s populations still not connected, these statistics are likely to continue to increase for generations. At Sun, we strive to connect everything and everyone, linking people to technology and the world.

When everyone is connected, anything is possible.

Market Segments

» Converged Digital Media
» Integrated OSS/BSS Systems
» Next Generation Service Delivery

Latest Customer Success

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Sun Partners in Communications

Coppereye

Greenplum

Cloudmark

Spotlight

Sun's Telecommunications and Media Partner Solution Catalog
Based on innovative technology from Sun and its partner ecosystem, Sun solutions are optimized to maximize performance at low total cost of ownership. This catalog provides an overview of our top tier communications and media partners that can be used to find solutions tailored for unique needs. (PDF).

Industry Updates from Sun
Read about product news, customer successes and other views of Sun in the communications and media industries.(PDF)

Read about Sun's new vision of Telconomics
Market dynamics and potential responses, and the potential new "destinations" for an incumbent operator.

News

Sun Microsystems And SBTVD Forum To Develop Open-Source Java Solution For Brazil's Digital TV System
Milestone agreement delivers low cost alternative for TV conversion to unconnected populations in emerging economies.

Sun Introduces New Open Archive Solutions to Better Solve Explosive Data Growth Challenges for Customers
New Sun StorageTek SL3000 Modular Storage Library delivers up to 50% reduction in space and up to 10x energy costs savings versus comparable storage solutions.

Sun Introduces The Industry's First Carrier-Grade, 64-Thread Rackmount Server
Sun Netra T5220 Server with the UltraSPARC T2 processor delivers 64 virtual systems in a 2U server.

Events

NXTcomm 2008
Scott McNealy delivered a keynote address at NXTcomm in Las Vegas, Sun's booth in the Green Pavilion displayed demonstrations of new Sun and partner solutions, and a demonstration of the Sun Modular Datacenter took place on the show floor.

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