Oracle ends computer deal with Hewlett Packard
Oracle has announced that they are ending their computer manufacturing deal with HP as part of their decision to acquire Sun Microsystems.
Sun Microsystems is of course a rival company in the PC manufacturing market.
Oracle has worked with HP to develop special edition computers aimed at the database [...]
Sun Microsystems launches new x64 servers
Sun Microsystems have announced the launch of their new x64 servers.
The company has launched a series of new Sun Fire x64 blade servers, rack servers, and workstations.
These are powered by the recently launched Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.
These new servers are available at prices starting at $1,488.
John [...]
IBM rumored to be interested in acquiring Sun Microsystems!
International Business Machines is said to be in talks with Sun Microsystems over a possible acquisition deal.
Sources say that the deal could be worth at least $6.5 billion in cash.
This was reported in a news item by the Wall Street Journal.
The rumors of such [...]
Apple iPhone ad banned in UK
UK has banned one particular advertising about the popular Apple iPhone.
The advertisement claimed that the “all parts of the Internet are on the iPhone”.
However, it is well known that Apple has not added support for Adobe Flash and Sun Microsystems Java technologies.
Both of these technologies are widely [...]
Sun Microsystems acquires Montalvo Systems
After Apple, it’s the turn of Sun Microsystems to acquire a microprocessor company.
Sun has announced that they are acquiring microprocessor startup Montalvo Systems.
The financial aspects of the deal have not been disclosed to the media.
Company representative Dana Lengkeek said in a statement: “We believe acquiring these assets will enhance [...]
Sun announces Project Caroline internet services
Sun has announced their latest research project codenamed Project Caroline aimed to provide internet services.
The company said that this platform is based on the platform-as-a-service model. It would provide a hosted platform for Internet services.
John McClain, a Sun senior staff engineer working on Project Caroline added in a statement: “In [...]
Google claims, servers power bill might exceed their initial cost
Google engineers are claiming that the way servers are heading, soon it would become more expensive to run them than buying them. And this might become bad news for companies like Google, which relies highly on these web servers. Expert Luiz Andre Barroso said in a [...]
Blinkx collaborates with The Times and The Sunday Times
Searching software developer Blinkx is due to announce that they are getting into a Search Toolbar Distribution Deal with The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers. The collaboration would result into a co-branded version of Blinkx’s search toolbar. This deal of a co-branded search toolbar come just [...]
Sun Microsystems to acquire Storage Technology Corporation
Networking giant Sun Microsystems has decided to take over the Storage Technology Corp for a reported price of USD 4.1 Billion in cash. The deal is expected to enhance Sun’s capabilities in the rapidly growing market for data storage.
The deal would mean that Sun would be paying USD 37 [...]
Red Hat plans to bring Linux to Primetime Desktop Machines
Continuing the trend of staying in news since the last couple of weeks, Red Hat took the next step to heat up the desktop operating system market. The Linux Company appointed former Sun Microsystems VP Karen Tegan Padir as VP of Red Hat’s new desktop infrastructure [...]
