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  REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

• Oracle to issue 78 patches, including 27 for MySQL

  By Chris Kanaracus | 14 January, 2012 03:46

  Oracle is set on Tuesday to release 78 security fixes for vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and applications, according to a preview announcement posted to the company's website this week.

• Oracle set to unveil cloud-themed application server, WebLogic 12c

  By Chris Kanaracus | 22 November, 2011 05:44

  Oracle is planning to announce the next version of its flagship WebLogic application server during an online event Dec. 1, according to information on the company's website.

• Sun was close to licensing Java patents to Google for $28M

  By Nancy Gohring | 18 October, 2011 07:26

  Google and Sun Microsystems' discussions to co-develop Android ultimately broke down because of disagreements over control of the platform, Google wrote in a trial brief late last week related to its dispute with Oracle.

• McNealy: I would have run HP if they'd asked me

  By James Niccolai | 08 October, 2011 11:35

  Scott McNealy, the former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, would have accepted the job of running Hewlett-Packard if he had been asked, he said this week.

• Oracle shows JavaFX on iOS and Android

  By Paul Krill | 05 October, 2011 08:32

  Oracle on Tuesday showed JavaFX rich client software running on both an Apple iPad and a Google Android-based Samsung Galaxy tablet, along with introducing a separate project using HTML5 to bring Java to Apple's iOS platform, called Project Avatar.

• Goodlace joins VMware

  By Julia Talevski | 05 October, 2011 11:00

  Former Sun Microsystems managing director, Andrew Goodlace, takes on a newly created role with VMware

• MySQL hits new development milestone

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 October, 2011 07:45

  Oracle is making the open-source MySQL database more stable and feature-rich through a shift in development philosophy, MySQL Vice President of Engineering Tomas Ulin said during a keynote address Monday at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.

• Oracle launching 'Big Data,' in-memory appliances

  By Chris Kanaracus | 03 October, 2011 10:54

  Oracle is apparently adding two more members to its family of systems that combine hardware and software, including one that targets 'Big Data' and another with in-memory computing capabilities.

• Hall of Fame 2010 inductee - Laurie Sellers: the risk taker

  By Jennifer O'Brien | 19 November, 2010 16:42

  A day in the life of itX Group managing director, Laurie Sellers, is filled with crunching the numbers (he can colourfully chat about how to file an IPO prospectus and recite the steps involved in preparation for the Avnet takeover) to leading a team of 135 people at one of Australia’s most successful distribution companies.

• Contract attorney offers tips in case of IBM-Sun merger

  By Don Tennant | 26 March, 2009 07:50

  Diana McKenzie, head of the information technology practice at Chicago law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, has specialized in IT contract law since 1987. On Monday, she spoke with Computerworld about what customers of IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. need to know about contract law as IBM pursues its reported US$6.5 billion bid to acquire Sun.

• REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

  By InfoWorld staff | 28 January, 2010 11:32

  Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.

• 10 ways to cut cost in the datacentre

  By Trevor Clarke | 03 June, 2009 16:41

  It’s the heart of the IT infrastructure and when it is beating too fast, energy – and by default money – goes to waste. For many organisations, the datacentre provides the lifeblood of operations, but when it is running ineffi ciently it eats up a signifi cant amount of dollars. In this feature, TREVOR CLARKE outlines 10 ways to help cut datacentre costs.

• Serving it up to SMBs: What's on the menu?

  By Trevor Clarke | 30 July, 2008 12:21

  There are few people in the IT industry that would gloat about servicing a company of less than 50 people to their global peers. There are even fewer that would do it for a 10-seat operation. But in reality, the SMB market is the backbone of the Australian economy and deserves its time in the spotlight.