The Battle for the Converged Data Center Network

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Aug 18 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking , Storage

Now that Cisco seems to be making headway with its UCS offering, many best-in-breed suppliers are changing their s......s to be seen. o Oracle: Well known for software that powers the Internet, Oracle combined this with Sun Microsystems equipment. It is still missing the networking piece, so it could be looking for an acquisition in t... (Read Full Article)

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Why Is Storage So Hot? Cisco Provides a Clue.

Explore The New York Times (Nov 26 2010) Storage

... portfolio. HP already had the Procurve line of equipment but more will be required to compete with Cisco. January 2010 | Oracle/Sun acquisition approved The game is on. Oracle now has comprehensive server and storage product lines ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Cisco

One Year On: Cisco UCS Making Headway

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 3 2010)

When networking king Cisco Systems officially entered the full-service data centre systems market on 16 March, 2009, with the launch o......ied Computing System, it jumped into a pool of sharks named IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems (now Oracle). Plus, it took a major risk in opening a whole new field of business during the most ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Sun Microsystems   Intel

Report Points To Tough Times In Server Industry

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 3 2010)

...o see a harsh business climate as enterprises adapt to the new fiscal realities, and while Dell and Cisco Systems may ride out the storm well, Oracle could see its hardware plans battered, according to a report b......an impact on systems makers. Most vulnerable is Oracle, which is seeing a rapid drop in spending on Sun Microsystems hardware, and that will only continue, Gill said. About 21 percent of ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Larry Ellison   Sun Microsystems   Intel

IBM's reorg shows shape of IT to come

Explore Technology News (Jul 28 2010)

...at this higher level. But today, one finds virtually all of IBM's major competitors--for instance, Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, Oracle, and VMware--all creating and exploiting systematic plays. They've even sto......sitions and industry consolidation--once rare in IT--are now commonplace. Oracle's purchase of Sun and subsequent "Software. Hardware. Complete." campaign will be cited as the competitive initiative... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Cisco

How Much Integration Is Too Much in the Cloud?

Explore GigaOM (May 30 2010)

...e under the impression that integrated stacks are the future of IT. After all, Oracle’s purchase of Sun Microsystems was all about integration and HP and Cisco appear locked in a death match over which one of them is best equipped to handle your server, stora... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Google   Oracle

5 Questions Facing Carbon Software Players

Explore Earth2Tech (Apr 28 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...ar Standards last year, rebranded it as SAP Carbon Impact and has since landed customers including Sun Power, Intuit, Autodesk, and the University of Buffalo. Anirban Chakrabarti, Clear Standards’ forme...... is to have all the application vendors use AMEE.” AMEE’s customers include Morgan Stanley, Google, Sun Microsystems and the UK Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change. Another customer is software giant... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   Europe   Sun Microsystems

VMware Rolls Out Mobile Data Center

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 9 2010) Container , Cloud Computing

.... And it’s bringing all its equipment with it in a rolling mobile data center packed with gear from Cisco Systems, NetApp, Dell Xsigo and parent EMC Corp.The VMware Express is making its debut at this week’s VMwar......xact schedule of apeparances hasn’t yet been worked out. The road show follows on the example of Sun Microsystems, which put its Blackbox data center container on a truck ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Sun Microsystems   Cisco

With Sun, Oracle Says It Has All the Pieces

Explore The New York Times (Jan 26 2010)

... Paul Sakuma/Associated Press Oracle's chief, Lawrence J. Ellison, left, hopes Scott G. McNealy, Sun's chairman, will stay. Related Times Topics: Oracle Corporation | Sun Microsystems Inc. The $7.4 billion deal, which gives Oracle a vast hardware business for the first time, pits......acle a vast hardware business for the first time, pits it against Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., Dell and Cisco Systems, all of which have made ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Oracle

IBM Sweetens Migration Path For Sun Customers

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jan 26 2010)

IBM is seeking to lure Sun Microsystems customers to its solutions, following the EU's permission for Oracle to acquire the server maker I......r Migration Factory portfolio, that will make it easy for businesses to move their workloads off of Sun technology and onto IBM hardware. The new software automates many of the necessary tasks for makin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Cisco

H.P.’s Bet on E.d.s. Seems a Winner

Explore The New York Times (Sep 22 2009)

...ow when the good times returned. Historically, E.D.S. promoted computing gear from H.P. rivals like Sun Microsystems, Xerox and Cisco Systems. But Mr. Eazor says that more of H.P.’s own hardware is slated to go into deals that are currently ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Cisco   Hewlett Packard

Data Center Companies, Brand Recognition

Explore greenm3.com (Sep 22 2009) Cloud Computing

...nding more way to successfully use its brand to stand apart. United States Computer Services 22,030 Cisco is the leader in networking services but is still perceived as catching up in other parts of the co......out competitors in application sales and new software license revenues. With the recent purchase of Sun Microsystems, Oracle also acquired MySQL, and entered the hardware category. Its partnership with HP on a new ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Sun Microsystems   Intel

Does Your Cloud Have a Green Lining?

Explore TechNewsWorld (Aug 27 2009) Emissions , Cloud Computing

Although the ultimate definition of "the cloud" remains elusive to vendors and end users alike, the cloud represents the next major paradigm shift in the IT industry and business computing. Coinciding with the emergence of cloud computing, green IT and sustainability are becoming integral components of corporate strategies in top-performing organizations. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems   Oracle

What Happened in Cloud Computing in Q2?

Explore GigaOM (Jul 21 2009) Cloud Computing

...second quarter announcing new products and strategies based on its Unified Computing System vision, Cisco’s partners-turned-competitors began distancing themselves from the network leader. HP and IBM, the ......ter involved money –- lots of it. In a move that stunned the IT world, Oracle swooped in and bought Sun Microsystems — snatching it from under IBM’s nose — for $7.4 billion. The acquisition opened myriad possibilitie... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems   Google

Dell Plans to Move Deeper into Data Center

Explore eweek.com (Jul 14 2009) Cloud Computing

...he data center with a solutions-based approach will put it in tighter competition with the likes of Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and—after its expected purchase of Sun Microsystems—Oracle. However, Dell said his company would not roll out an all-in-one data center offering, as Cisco is doing with its UCS (Unified Computing System) or HP with its BladeSystem Matrix, both of which h... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Cisco

Andreessen-backed Startup Targets Cloud

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 29 2009) Cloud Computing

... senior development manager at Lycos Europe. Roth recently demonstrated webappVM’s technology at Sun’s CommunityOne event, describing it as “a special kind of virtual machine” that allows developers t......appVM portion starting at about 4:35 into the video. Other webappVM team members have experience at Cisco Systems, Tellme, and Juniper Networks, according to the company’s web site. “Our innovative team of enginee... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Sun Microsystems   Cisco

Ibm to help clients fight costs and complexity

Explore The New York Times (Jun 16 2009) Cloud Computing

...ology. Most major technology suppliers have cloud-related hardware and software products, including Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Dell. But I.B.M., analysts say, is going further by offering simplified, integrated stacks of h... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems   Google

Grading Google's carbon neutral claims

Explore Technology News (May 7 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...t, Intel will reduce its global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent per from 2004 to 2010; Cisco will reduce by 25 percent from 2007 to 2012; and Oracle plans to reduce "by 6 percent per square fo......2003 to 2010 for all non-data center space and to purchase 5 percent green power for data centers." Sun Microsystems reduced U.S. GHG emissions by 23 percent from 2002 to ... (Read Full Article)

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