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New Technology, Services and Financial Incentives Offered

ARMONK, N.Y. - 29 May 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new services and programs to help more companies lower costs and reduce inefficiency by migrating from Sun and HP servers to IBM's System z, particularly on the Linux platform.

The new Server Consolidation and Migration Services offering, which includes patent-pending technology, can dramatically reduce the time and effort in moving applications from siloed, inefficiently used servers to a more cost-effective and easier-to-manage IBM mainframe infrastructure.

IBM also announced a program -- z Rewards -- that offers financial incentives to help customers take advantage of these migration services.    » read more »

Multi-City Tour Offers Training on Developing Web-Scale Social Apps on the Cloud

SANTA CLARA, CA July 23, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Joyent Inc. today announced a collaboration that will accelerate the development and deployment of social applications for Facebook and OpenSocial environments. Providing up to 12 months free web hosting on Joyent's Cloud, a flexible first-class infrastructure powered by OpenSolaris on Sun's ultra-scalable servers, as well as training on web-scale application development, the program lets developers deploy their social applications on an entirely open infrastructure at no initial cost.    » read more »

Releases Open Source Java System Web Server into the OpenSolaris Community

PORTLAND, OR OSCON 2008, July 23, 2008 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA), today announced the availability of the Sun Web Stack, a fully supported and integrated enterprise-quality AMP (Apache/MySQL/Perl or PHP) stack for Solaris and Linux operating systems. The Web Stack software includes the open source, standards-based software most commonly used for Web-tier application development and services.    » read more »

Industry's First Enterprise Support For Open Source Identity Management and Web Single Sign-on Software

PORTLAND, OR OSCON 2008, July 23, 2008 -- Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) today announced the availability of Sun OpenSSO Express, a new offering that provides enterprise support and indemnification for the technologies available in the OpenSSO project. OpenSSO is the world's largest open source, identity management project, providing highly scalable, high-performance single sign-on, access management, federation, and secure web services capabilities.    » read more »

Sun, Media Grid and Leading Education Institutions Hold First Virtual Demonstration of Project Wonderland for Immersive Education

SANTA CLARA, CA June 25, 2008 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the first demonstration of Project Wonderland, its open source virtual world platform for the education community. At the virtual event last week, members of the academic and IT communities explored secure and flexible virtual learning environments created by Boston College, the University of Essex, the University of Oregon and Saint Paul College, pioneer users of the platform for educational purposes.    » read more »

Pre-built, field-tested solutions reduce security complexity, risk and cost

LONDON April 2, 2008 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA), Inc. today unveiled new technology solutions, which make it easier and less costly for businesses and governments to protect their information systems from growing security threats.

Global organizations need to exchange information among employees, customers and partners in real time, while at the same time protecting and managing access to their mission-critical assets. This rise in globalization, coupled with increased threats and compliance requirements, has placed significant demands on identity management systems.    » read more »

LAS VEGAS, Nev. October 9, 2007 Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today unveiled new UltraSPARC T2-based servers that deliver advanced virtualization capabilities, increased system utilization and industry-leading energy efficiency. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade T6320 modules deliver the compute power of 64 individual systems on a single server or blade and beat competing RISC servers on web-tier tasks by over 4x while maintaining 6x better performance per watt.    » read more »

- Innovative Design Delivers High Performance, Eco-Efficient Servers With Virtualization Built-in
- New Systems on Solaris Deliver Higher Performance in 1/4 the Space at Nearly 1/4 the Cost of Competitive RISC Systems, Enable Customers to Meet Peak Web Scale Demand

AT&T Also Wins Contract With Sun to Provide Virtual Private Network Solution to Facilities Worldwide

San Antonio, Texas, September 18, 2007 -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that Sun Microsystems has awarded a worldwide contract to AT&T, which will be a key global information technology (IT) and prime network management and maintenance provider. Sun also selected AT&T as a provider for a Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution that will integrate Sun locations throughout the world.    » read more »

Enterprise features with support available through new cost-efficient annual subscriptions; NetBeans 6.0 IDE Beta now available

Ubiquity of Java Technology Brand Connects Sun to Investors, Consumers and Opportunities

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 23, 2007 Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that it will change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA, the ubiquitous technology and brand it created in 1995. The stock ticker change will go into effect for the trading community on Monday, August 27, 2007.    » read more »

Partner Growth Fund Expands Partner Revenue Potential With Access to Sun Technology Innovations

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 21, 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the launch of a Partner Growth Fund, creating a significant pool of money for the members of the Sun Partner Advantage Program, Sun's global partner program. This new program will empower Sun's network of global partners with rapid and easy access to the most current Sun technology innovations and solutions, enabling partners to expand opportunities for revenue growth.    » read more »

Consolidation and Design Breakthroughs in Santa Clara, Calif. Datacenter Reduce Sun's Energy Bill by 60 % and Garner Nearly $1 Million in Utility Rebates and Awards

New Programs and Services Help Customers Improve Datacenter Performance and Save Money Plus - Enhanced by Sun's Efficient Server Designs, Solaris 10 OS Advances and Throughput Computing

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 21, 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), today announced a comprehensive suite of programs and solutions that leverage Sun's technology innovations and help customers architect more energy efficient, eco responsible datacenters and save money. The Eco Innovation Initiative is an extension of Sun's Eco Responsibility Initiative, which was launched in November 2005.    » read more »

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 15, 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that its award-winning office productivity software, StarOffice, is now available through the Google Pack software download service. StarOffice is Sun's commercial implementation of the popular open source office suite OpenOffice.org and supports Open Document Format (ODF). StarOffice is also compatible with Microsoft Office documents and is supported and indemnified by Sun.    » read more »