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• Oracle making Java, Solaris certifications pricier

  By Chris Kanaracus | 02 March, 2011 07:05

  Later this year, Oracle will begin requiring people interested in gaining Java and Solaris certifications to attend "hands-on" training courses, at an additional cost of thousands of dollars.

• Oracle moves Sun docs, sparking user debate

  By Chris Kanaracus | 28 January, 2011 07:10

  Oracle's recent move to switch Sun Microsystems documentation to Oracle support infrastructure has some users up in arms, since the original links currently redirect to a general table of contents.

• James Cook University moves away from Compellent, Sun and Storage Tech to IBM's XIV

  By Chloe Herrick | 18 October, 2010 10:32

  Plagued with “exorbitant” maintenance costs due to out of control data growth, Queensland’s James Cook University (JCU) has overhauled its storage area network (SAN) in a $1 million upgrade to IBM’s XIV system.

• Sun's Solaris now getting quarterly security patches

  By Robert McMillan | 09 April, 2010 09:45

  Oracle has moved Solaris onto its quarterly security patch schedule, meaning users of the Sun Microsystems operating system will now know months in advance when they will be getting security updates.

• Enterprises are migrating from Sun to HP

  By Anuradha Shukla | 07 April, 2010 07:40

  Recession has made companies more cost-sensitive and this has increased the popularity of solutions from HP, according to two separate research reports by Gabriel Consulting Group and Alinean Inc.

• Server vendors focus on memory in Nehalem-EX servers

  By Agam Shah | 31 March, 2010 08:44

  Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance.

• Ex-Sun chief dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs

  By James Niccolai | 10 March, 2010 12:06

  Don't expect Jonathan Schwartz to go quietly.

• Sun CEO Schwartz tweets poetic lament on last day

  By Peter Sayer | 04 February, 2010 22:20

  Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in a message sent via Twitter early Thursday.

• Oracle shutting off Sun project-hosting site

  By Paul Krill | 04 February, 2010 07:44

  In the wake of its merger with Sun Microsystems, Oracle is discontinuing access to Project Kenai, which was developed by Sun as an open source project-hosting site.

• Oracle-Sun Merger Could Benefit Small Business

  By David Coursey | 01 February, 2010 07:05

  Small business has reason the cheer Oracle's acquisition of Sun, now that it appears OpenOffice.org and MySQL look to do well--perhaps better--under new ownership.

• Oracle seeks fast profit from Sun

  By James Niccolai | 28 January, 2010 14:17

  Oracle on Wednesday tried to answer the question that has vexed much of the technology industry since it announce its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last April: How will Oracle make the ailing systems and software vendor a profitable part of its business?

• Sun's Scott McNealy: 'Thanks for a great 28 years'

  By Paul McNamara | 28 January, 2010 01:45

  Sun founder Scott McNealy yesterday holstered the snark and poured his heart out in a farewell letter to company employees and stakeholders.

• Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud

  By Paul Krill | 28 January, 2010 11:07

  Oracle's plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.

• Can Oracle stop Sun customers from defecting to HP and IBM?

  By Jon Brodkin | 28 January, 2010 07:40

  The long-suffering Sun Microsystems has faced an especially tough nine months since Oracle announced plans to acquire the company, but failed to immediately close the deal. Customers have fled to rival companies such as IBM and HP, which stepped up marketing efforts with various deals aimed specifically at Sun users worried about the fate of the vendor.

• Oracle's ambitious plans for integrating Sun's technology

  By Paul Krill | 28 January, 2010 07:18

  Oracle has presented an overview of its ambitions for its newly acquired Sun products, focusing on integrated systems offering everything from the application to the database, servers and storage.