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19 Jul 2002
#7209
Sun's Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results
Revenues: $3.4 billion -- Up 10 Percent

Sun Microsystems reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter which ended June 30, 2002. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $3.4 billion, up 10 percent, as compared with $3.1 billion in revenues reported for the third quarter of fiscal year 2002.
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19 Jul 2002
#7210
Masood Jabbar to Retire
Robert Youngjohns New VP of Sun in Europe, Middle East and Africa

Robert Youngjohns, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa, will succeed Masood Jabbar, executive vice president of global sales operations. Jabbar will work closely with Youngjohns through a transition that is designed to ensure continuity and stability for Sun and its customers.
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15 Jul 2002
#7140
Liberty Alliance Version 1.0 Specifications
Implemented into Sun Open Net Environment

Sun has announced its support of the Liberty Alliance version 1.0 specifications for federated network identification and will integrate the technology into Java technology, Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE) and Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE). The Liberty Alliance Project version 1.0 specifications focus on interoperability between systems to enable opt-in account linking and simplified sign-on functionality.
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15 Jul 2002
#7182
Sun Delivers First Liberty-enabled Single Sign-on Solution
Sun ONE Identity Server 6, Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2

The Sun ONE Platform for Network Identity features pre-integrated software, hardware and services and has been completely updated to be fully compliant with the Liberty Alliance 1.0 specification recently announced. Features include the Sun ONE Identity Server 6 (formerly iPlanet Identity Server: Access Management Edition), Sun ONE Directory Server (formerly iPlanet Directory Server) 5.2, Solaris 9 OE and new professional services offerings.
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15 Jul 2002
#7187
Sun Hosts High Performance Computing Consortium
Sun Selects University College London as a Center of Excellence

More than 100 leading IT professionals, scientists, engineers and luminaries from around the world recently met at the Sun High Performance Computing Consortium (SHPCC) event in Scotland to discuss high-end scientific and engineering computing issues and trends.
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17 Jul 2002
#7203
Biopathways Consortium and BioCyc Project Win Grants from Sun
Advancement of Informatics

Sun awarded two Academic Equipment Grants for two groups supporting the use of open standards and machine augmented data abstraction, the Biopathways Consortium (BPC) and the BioCyc project at SRI International.
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    18 Jul 2002
    #7204
    Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility
    Using Sun Fire Servers for Large-scale Numerical Calculations

    The Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) has purchased ten Sun Fire servers to increase the computing power, reliability, availability and scalability of the HPCF.
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    17 Jul 2002
    #7202
    Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research Selected as Sun COE
    In Large Scale Data Analysis and Storage

    By naming Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research (CACR) as a Sun Center of Excellence (COE) in Large Scale Data Analysis and Storage, Sun will help the research team solve computational problems on the frontiers of science and engineering through collaboration with the worldwide research community. CACR will install a comprehensive, integrated solution from Sun, including Sun StorEdge T3 disk arrays and Sun Fire V880 servers.
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