The Sun/Microsoft Interoperability Center has officially opened. The Center's primary focus is on optimizing Microsoft applications on Sun x64 systems and storage. Sun and Microsoft also have released the Sun Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, which is designed to help enterprise customers to better manage e-mail growth and realize the benefits of Exchange Server 2007.
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Sun Vice President of xVM Steve Wilson says Sun will soon be introducing software and hardware to create virtual Windows and Linux personal computers that can be accessed via desktop machines, laptops and cell phones.
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Just days after finalizing the acquisition of MySQL, the former CEO of open source database firm MySQL Marten Mickos told Computer Business Review that the deal is already boosting the firm's business. A major European national police agency closed a deal and free downloads of MySQL have increased by approximately 10,000 per day, he reports.
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For the first time, Sun has made the full list of America's Most Admired Companies for 2008 by Fortune Magazine. The company earned an overall rating of 6.39, placing in at number 5 on the Most Admired in the Computers Industry. This annual list is derived from a survey conducted by Fortune and its survey partners Hay Group who question more than 3,700 people from dozens of industries on companies they admire most.
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Put your myth busting skills to use and become eligible to win a $250 gift certificate every month for the next four months in the Sun Web Infrastructure Myth Busting Challenge. From now through June 30, 2008, a myth of the month will be presented, and interested participants will be challenged to debunk this myth, which may be keeping organizations from selecting Sun as their choice for building a web infrastructure.
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Sun, in its third year supporting a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Prize winner, is working to build the computer network infrastructure needed for "Centers of Excellence," which will serve as models and training centers for the expansion of the current Rwanda Rural Healthcare Project and electronic medical record system into four Rwandan Provinces. This year's TED Prize Winner President William Jefferson Clinton is looking to scale up a sustainable, high quality rural healthcare system throughout Rwanda.
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System News posts items of interest for Sun users on a regular basis on the System News For Sun Users blog. Some of those items will become detailed articles in this newsletter. A quick recap of posts for the last week includes NSA to Work with Sun & OpenSolaris to Enhance Security, Sun to Build JVM for Apple iPhone, Two New Milestones Announced in Sun/Microsoft Ongoing Alliance, Virtual Windows and Linux PCs to be Offered by Sun, Sun Already Reaping Rewards from MySQL Acquisition, Sun's Revenue Growth for Disk Storage Systems Rises, Handy DTrace Shell Commands, and more.
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