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24 Sep 2007
#18668
Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software Could Ease Customers' Vista Woes
With its Secure Platform for Accessing Virtualized Windows Desktop Environments

Upgrading Windows XP desktops to Vista is a major investment, which ultimately results in only marginal improvements to baseline functionality. Customers are taking note with low numbers of upgrades in the UK, and now Microsoft is allowing customers to downgrade to XP when buying machines with the new operating system. Perhaps the better alternative is Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Sun VDI) Software.
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27 Sep 2007
#18663
Sun Fire X4500 Servers Are Foundation of NYU Archiving Project
Implementation Offers Scalability, Ease of Administration and Cost Management

New York University has solved the voluminous storage problems involved with its National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program projects by implementing a system that employs the Sun Fire E25K and Sun Fire X4500 servers in the management and storage of archival data.
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25 Sep 2007
#18687
Solaris Containers Virtualizing Feature Saves Company Time, Money
Kichler Lighting Improved Systems Utilization by 55 Percent

Solaris Containers virtualization feature of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) provides limitless software partitioning on one license with thousands of applications on one system. Kichler Lighting is one company that has taken advantage of this feature and improved its systems utilization by approximately 55 percent.
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