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10 Nov 2008
#20862
Sun Storage 7000 Family: World's First Open Storage Appliances
Employs Flash Hybrid Storage Pools in Solaris ZFS

Sun's Unified Storage Systems, the Sun Storage 7000 family (aka Amber Road) is now available. The innovative storage family delivers breakthrough diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities, optimzed performance, one-fourth the energy consumption, installation and configuration in under five minutes and up to 75% cost savings.
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11 Nov 2008
#20867
The dot.com Bubble? There Was a Bright Side
Jonathan Schwartz Blogs on the Experience and Its Effects

In this week's blog, Jonathan Schwartz quotes the old saw, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Still up on its feet after the bursting of the dot.com bubble, Sun is among those stronger survivors, taking on the competition and breaking new ground with its innovative solutions.
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11 Nov 2008
#20870
Replay of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems Launch
"Change Your Storage Economics"

John Fowler, EVP Systems, and Mike Shapiro, Distinguished Engineer (DE)-Fishworks, unveiled the new Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System live at Sun's CEC event in Las Vegas. The video from that event is available on-line.

The running time for the launch is about 1hr: Time to change your storage (2:27); Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems Technology Demo (15:23); Breakthrough Performance and Web Economics (6:07); Customers Evaluate Ease of Use, Performance, Analytics (10:50); How to Get Started (4:56); and Q and A (21:25)

The launch site also features a 4:46 video in which Sun Group Mgr., Sr. Product Management, Ray Austin delivers a summary of the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems and its value proposition.
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14 Nov 2008
#20892
Sun Aligns Business with Global Economic Climate and Amplifies Growth Opportunities
Improving Cost Structure and Streamlining for Growth

Sun announced a series of changes designed to align its cost model with the global economic climate and accelerate the introduction of compelling open source innovations. As part of this effort, Sun is announcing a global workforce reduction and alignment of its Software organization into new business groups - Application Platform Software, Systems Platforms, and Cloud Computing & Developer Platforms - with a focus on boosting open source momentum and growing new sectors of the market who view technology as a competitive weapon.

Sun's Board of Directors has approved a restructuring plan aimed at reducing costs by approximately $700 to $800 million annually.
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13 Nov 2008
#20878
Sun Enhances OpenEco.org
Helps Members Track and Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduce their Environmental Impact

As part of the its continued commitment to sustainability, Sun unveiled significant enhancements to OpenEco.org, a global online community that provides free, easy-to-use tools to help members calculate, compare and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Net Impact conference at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where Sun held its second annual OpenEco Energy Camp on Saturday, Nov. 15.
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