Local companies see opportunities in new set-up
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) says it will work more closely with Sun Australian resellers after its hardware reseller relationship with the vendor was terminated.
Disappointing sales and conflicting business models between the vendor and reseller blamed
Disappointing sales and conflicting business models between the vendor and reseller has led NSC to can its Sun Microsystem’s business unit, according to the integrator's chief.
The 50-plus-date road show series follows repeated mocking of the concept by CEO Ellison
Oracle has officially put both legs on the cloud-computing bandwagon, recently launching a roughly 50-date global road show on the topic for developers and system administrators.
Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.
Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.
And Oracle-Sun edges closer to EU approval, while there was a lot of security news, too
It was a week where competition regulators danced with IT industry behemoths: the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, while the European Commission gave approval to Microsoft's proposed browser "ballot screen" and pushed the proposed Oracle-Sun Microsystems deal forward. Meanwhile, a French court slapped down Google for what it saw as a copyright grab in a book-scanning case.
Widenius urges action as Oracle-Sun hearings near a climax
The creator of MySQL has launched a Web-based campaign to "save" the open-source database from the "clutches" of Oracle, which is attempting to purchase its current owner, Sun Microsystems.
Sun announced two new high-speed InfiniBand switches
Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced upgrades to its Sun Storage 7000 family of disk arrays that double the performance and capacity from a maximum of 288TB to 576TB in a 4U (7-in) space. The company is also now offering high-speed InfiniBand connectivity to its array and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA).
Oracle/Sun exceeds monetary thresholds, giving European Union power to object
A mild war of words is breaking out between American and European regulators on the proposed merger between Oracle and Sun.
Observers expect a "bare-knuckle fight" between Oracle and the Commission over the inclusion of MySQL in the Sun deal
In an unusually blunt rebuff, the European Commission has dismissed as "facile and superficial" criticism of its decision to issue formal objections to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Senior US politicians are said to be willing to wade in to secure the takeover
Oracle is planning an aggressive fight with European regulators if its attempt to take over Sun is slapped with a statement of objections in the coming week, said people close to the company Wednesday.
HP's converged infrastructure, Cisco-EMC's joint Acadia convergence sign of return
A certain truth about the big IT vendors is they want to sell as much as possible to any one customer and now, with virtualization, cloud computing and very tight IT budgets, they believe they have an opening.
10 per cent cut on the cost of hardware and software as dollar remains steady around $US0.90
For the third time this year, Sun Microsystems has announced major pricing changes, this time cutting the cost of hardware and software by 10 per cent in Australia and New Zealand.
Europe's competition commissioner says Oracle has failed to help address its concerns
Europe's head of competition has criticized Oracle for what she characterized as a lack of cooperation over the investigation of Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, a spokesman for the European Commission said.
Investment in Open Office, MySQL and SPARC to continue, says Ellison
Oracle's tilt at Sun Microsystems was opportunistic, Larry Ellison admitted to financial analysts yesterday, but Sun is now a critical component new five year growth targets that aim to more than double the company's sales to well over $50 billion.
RSA Security, Adobe, Sun Microsystems, IronPort, Cisco and Novell to benefit from increased sales support
Express Data has appointed five new business development managers as it seeks greater levels of engagement with key vendors.
