The Solaris platform has been readied for Intel's new Xeon 5500 processor that was launched this week and Sun products with Nehalem's are expected to be launched April 14th.

Keynoting at the Open Source Business Conference, Jonathan Schwartz discussed cloud computing, which he contends is the future of business computing. Sun is formulating an alliance to create a code of best practices for cloud computing.

Altair has ported its next-generation CAE solver technology, Hyperworks, to the Solaris platform.

Impressive benchmarking results were turned in by the Sun Fire X4600 M2 in running VMware VMark. Sun Fire x4450 servers using Intel Xeon 7460 processors and GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) also have new benchmark performance results. There are some who are questioning whether TPC benchmarks matter anymore. Find out why.

Sun BluePrints have released an article on how to deploy virtual clusters and why you may want to, and a piece on how to use Sun Ray software and VMware View Manager to virtualize desktops.

Another BluePrints article focuses on maximizing data availability with Sun\'s Unified Storage 7000 Systems. Analytics in the Sun Storage 7000 Series is examined in relation to I/O latency as a heat map.

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Sun launched its Open Network Systems with new servers, integrated open storage and high performance networking systems. The new HPC systems reduce cabling by 84 percent, switches by 97 percent, and rack space by 75 percent, Sun reports. A comprehensive list of resources and information links on these products and technologies has been published.

Integrate the Lustre file system quickly and efficiently via the Sun Lustre On-site Implementation Services.

Sun VP Marc Hamilton discusses Sun\'s use of open source to launch cloud computing and HPC platforms, while a recent symposium addressed security in the cloud. A three-part article series details troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox add-ons.

PC Pro gives 5 stars to the Sun Fire X4440. See a cost comparison between HP and Sun 10GBit/s in blades. The Sun Blade T6320 and T6340 have new SAS disk options.

OpenSolaris has been optimized for Intel's Xeon processor 5500. A blogger shares examples. There is an overview and guide on Solaris ZFS and a few methods on patching Solaris Zones faster.

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Sun released its 2009 third quarter earnings report.

Learn more about Oracle and Sun products in the articles: Deploying Oracle Siebel CRM on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems and Performance Test of Oracle Weblogic Application Server 10.3 on Sun Blade X6270. Another article covers the two companies separate views on open source.

Version 2.1 of Sun xVM Ops Center comes with mulitple enhancements. There is a free Web-based training course on Sun xVM Ops Center.

Another recent release is the MySQL Cluster 7.0. Also find out about MySQL 6.0\'s Pool-of-Threads scheduler and its impact on throughput as well as upcoming webinars on various MySQL topics.

Have you heard about Sun Rapid Solutions: Sun Managed Virtual Desktop Solution?

Details on Sun Cooling Door 5600 are offered.

A five-star review is bestowed on Sun Storage 7410.

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Import and export virtual machines easier with Sun VirtualBox 2.2 which is now available, as is the new Toshiba laptops with OpenSolaris pre-installed.

Sun Virtual Network Express Module makes blade networking and I/O easy and affordable, explains Sun. And, discover the advantages of managing Solaris Containers with Sun xVM Ops Center 2.0.

The Solaris 10 OS on Sun servers with the new Xeon 5500 processor series beats Windows hands down on the SAP SD Benchmark. Find out how to optimize the Xeon 5500s using Solaris in a Sun published reference guide.

Learn how to configure LDoms for Solaris in another easy-to-follow guide. Also learn how to patch and upgrade Solaris easily using the Live Upgrade feature.

Consider both the merits and shortcomings of flash-based SSDs.

Sun\'s open source software is being used to connect government agencies and health information exchanges, but Sun's Open Source Officer Simon Phipps says the strongest open source wave is coming from emerging markets.

The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System is a good vehicle for DB2. Get the steps to configure and install the database.

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Sun's Board of Directors announced it has unanimously decided to sell Sun Microsystems to Oracle.

The 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo held April 20-24 resulted in a flood of new announcements including:

• Preview release of MySQL 5.4
• MySQL Cluster 7.0 release coming this quarter
• GlassFish Portfolio, OpenSSO and OpenDS available for Amazon EC2 Cloud
• Sun OpenSSO Express release supports Google Apps Premier Edition
• Expanded interoperability between Sun Identity Management Suite and MySQL
• Sun's Open Network Systems equals faster MySQL, GlassFish performance
• MySQL Enterprise Partner Program for \'Remote DBA\' Service Providers

For more on the Intel Xeon 5500 processors, see the Solaris Engineering Team's six mini videos; scalability testing of MySQL; the Sun Ultra 27 x64 Workstation; and a podcast on Sun Constellation System.

Ian Murdock discusses the intersection of open source and cloud computing.

Determine how much money can be saved by cooling a datacenter with outside air.

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