Learn about Oracle's plans for Sun directly from Larry Ellison.

Updated releases this week include the first major software update for the Sun Storage 7000 Series, which is the fastest growing new storage product in Sun's history; Solaris 10 Update 7; VirtualBox 2.2.2 maintenance release; and the Sun Java Enterprise System 6.

Learn how to setup VirtualBox and create virtual machines, and read about the OpenSolaris appliance OVF image for VirtualBox.

IDC reports on how virtualizing with Sun x86 Blades can reduce IT costs.

Oracle has certified Solaris 10 for its database and E-Business Suite platform.

Interested in performance results? Read about MySQL Cluster 7.0, Sun Fire X4275, and Sun Blade X6270.

Get more details on Intel Xeon 5500 processor series with the Sun Blade X6270, the Sun Fire X2270, and Solaris.

The Sun Blade X6240 is now supported by Solaris Cluster 3.1 and 3.2.

Sun VP and Fellow James Gosling lends his thoughts on the cloud, SOA, and Java.

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Jonathan Schwartz tantalized readers of his blog with information on Project Vector, which plans on using Java's distribution as an audience for an app store.

Find out how Project Portmeirion allows existing architectures to be examined seamlessly to optimize hardware functionality.

Sun is helping customers move to the cloud. Juan Carlos Soto, vice president for Sun's Cloud Computing Marketing, explains.

Get a brief xVM status update on Sun's virtualization solutions. Tune in to a video on Sun VDI Software 3 - from booting to shut down.

Solaris News Bites offers information on Solaris Cluster 3.2, ZFS Compression, integrating LDoms and ZFS, certification of LDoms for WebLogic, upgrading from Solaris 8 to 10, Zonestat 1.4, and more.

New networking products include the Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x Quad Data Rate (QDR) PCIe Low Profile Host Channel Adapter (HCA), the Sun InfiniBand Dual port 4x QDR PCI-E Express Module HCA, and an upcoming Sun Blade 6048 InfiniBand Quad Data Rate (QDR) Switched Network Express Module (NEM) and the Sun InfiniBand Dual port 4x DDR PCIe Fabric Expansion Module (FEM).

ITPro reviews Sun Fire X2270.

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Saugatuck Technology offers an indepth analysis on how the Sun-Oracle merger will impact the IT industry.

The Solaris 9 OS is reaching its end of life, while Ian Murdock considers the trend toward invisible operating systems.

Combine VirtualBox with Solaris Containers for layered virtualization.

Sun's Director of Web Technologies Tim Bray discusses the open sourcing of Sun Cloud APIs in an interview on Innovating@Sun.

Do you know the top 5 cool features of the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems? New Sun StorageTek options include Enterprise Library Software 7.0 and Virtual Storage Manager VSM5e and VSM5 ESCON.

Debate between IBM versus Sun on the question of server superiority continues.

Performance marks have been made by the Sun Blade X6270 Server on SPECjvm2008 and the Sun Fire X4270 Server on two-tier SAP-SD ERP.

Some of the latest updates now available for free download:

• OpenOffice 3.1
• NetBeans 6.7 Beta
• OpenSPARC T1 version 1.7 and OpenSPARC T2
  
  

OpenSolaris 2009.06 is set to launch June 1st with its introduction taking place at the start of the CommunityOne West open developer conference.

Another recent debut: the Sun Storage 7310, which is an entry-level, Flash-powered storage system for Sun's Unified Storage product line.

Other new storage-related releases:

• Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager (CAM) version 6.4.0
• Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager (SAM) 5.0
• Access Expansion Module (AEM) for Sun StorageTek SL3000 Tape Library

HPC Open Source Management Tools Version 1.0 is a group of Sun non-owned IP that is freely downloadable and offers Sun standard support.

Sun Federal President and COO Bill Vass offers up four reasons why organizations should seriously consider moving to open source software.

Glassfish and MySQL on Nehalem processors surpass Sun's previous benchmark by double.

Three-part screencast covers installation, configuration, and usage of Sun VDI 3. Interested in learning more about virutalization? Visit the free ebook "Virtualization for Dummies".

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Energy Star requirements for computer servers.

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