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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced Sun Systems for MySQL, a set of solutions designed to radically change the economics of Web service delivery for enterprise customers deploying MySQL-based Web Infrastructure on Sun servers. Proven customer deployments have shown the ability to improve performance by 300 percent, reduce power consumption by 83 percent and offer up to 10 times better price/performance, with higher system reliability and faster time to market. The new solutions integrate MySQL with other innovations from Sun, enabling customers to get to market faster by using Sun#039;s open software, extensive code samples with MySQL, and documented best practices. Using Sun#039;s a href=”http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy/”Try and Buy program/a, users can evaluate the new Sun Systems for MySQL in their own environment for 60 days at no cost and no risk with full technical support, and then buy the systems for up to 40 percent off list price. In addition, Sun Systems for MySQL is available via the a href=”http://www.sun.com/startup/”Sun Startup Essentials program/a with substantial discounts for qualifying customers. To view a video of John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun#039;s Systems Group, and Marten Mickos, senior vice president of Sun#039;s Database Group, discussing the new solutions, please visit: a href=”http://www.sun.com/mysqlsystems”http://www.sun.com/mysqlsystems/a

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Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq: JAVA) and Europractice today announced a three-year collaboration to promote OpenSPARC CMT (Chip Multithreading) technology–one of the only open sourced multi-core, multithreaded processor architectures–as a reference design among 650 universities and research institutions across 38 countries in the European region. Europractice is a European Union-backed non-profit microelectronics design stimulation project managed by the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

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Learn how to set up MySQL Cluster software in a Solaris Zones environment as if it were running on independent physical servers.

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the launch of the a href=”http://odftoolkit.org”OpenDocument Format (ODF) Toolkit Union/a, a new open-source software community project organized to make document software more innovative, versatile and useful for business.

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Trade-in select IBM, HP, or Sun Servers to get a 40% trade-in allowance toward the purchase of a new Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server.

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The BigAdmin Wiki is one year old. Celebrate by submitting your wiki page URL - and earn BigAdmin Bucks.

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Sun’s new M3000 server delivers SPARC64 power that keeps you growing at a start-up price.

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today expanded its software channel program to leverage the market momentum behind Sun#039;s leading software products, including open source powerhouses GlassFish application server, MySQL database, OpenSolaris operating system and xVM VirtualBox, to provide partners with new ways to reach new customers, open new markets and grow their businesses. As part of this broader initiative, Sun announced significant enhancements to the a href=”http://www.sun.com/partners”Sun Partner Advantage Program/a with the introduction of the Open Access Channel Program and a set of new Software Specialties. To learn more about these programs, go to www.sun.com/partners/resellers or listen to the segment on Blog Talk Radio here:
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) reported results today for its first quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended September 28, 2008.

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the latest version of the a href=”http://www.sun.com/solaris”Solaris 10 Operating System (OS)/a - Solaris 10 10/08. The new version builds on the core strengths of the Solaris 10 OS to help customers maximize asset usage and systems performance, manage datacenter complexity, preserve business continuity and reduce costs. Solaris 10 10/08 includes numerous product updates and enhancements, several of which were done through the a href=”http://www.opensolaris.org”OpenSolaris community/a. Solaris 10 10/08 is available now on Sun systems and will be available for download in early November at: a href=”http://www.sun.com/solaris”http://www.sun.com/solaris/a.