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3 Nov 2003
#11450
Sun Helps Major League Baseball Bring the Sport to the Fans
Popular Features Boost Viewership of MLB.com More than Twofold

Fans the world over are keeping the fervor for baseball going at MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball. MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, and Sun have developed a powerful, interactive Web site that supports data- and bandwidth-intensive features that drive baseball fans to the Internet.
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3 Nov 2003
#11448
Sun and TI Initiative to Offer 2.5G and 3G Solutions
Reduce Complexity and Enhance User Experience

Sun and Texas Instruments (TI) will collaborate on optimized end-to-end wireless solutions for 2.5G and 3G networks. TI will also license Sun's CLDC HI for integration into the TI family of TCS chipsets for GPRS, EDGE, CDMA and UMTS-enabled handsets and wireless OMAP applications processors. They will also work on an optimized implementation of MIDP 2.0 on TI's TCS wireless chipsets and OMAP processors.
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3 Nov 2003
#11449
Sun Appoints Lehman Brothers to Solaris Technical Advisory Board
Financial Services Firm Creates Framework for Solaris Live Upgrade Software

Lehman Brothers has earned a seat on Sun's Solaris Technical Advisory Board for its innovative implementation of Solaris Live Upgrade, enabling it to work with third-party volume management software.
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4 Nov 2003
#11463
Sun Extends Single-price/Single-subscription Software Offer to Schools
Sun Java Enterprise System to Cost Only $50 Annually per Teacher and Administrator

Sun is now offering the Sun Java Enterprise System, a consolidation of Sun's entire network services architecture, to schools at the rate of $50 per faculty/administrator per year. Customers get infinite right to use in Internet applications and an integrated Java Web Services platform.
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4 Nov 2003
#11464
Cornell, Stanford and WGBH Team with Sun to Showcase Tools for the Digital Campus
Collaboration Fosters the Evolving Knowledge Enterprise

Sun joined forces with Cornell University, Stanford University and WGBH at the recent EDUCAUSE conference to showcase solutions designed to help campuses and media organizations manage intellectual property on the network, furthering the evolution of the digital campus into a true knowledge enterprise.
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4 Nov 2003
#11465
WGBH, Sun Open iForce Solution Center for Digital Asset Management
Aim to Help Broadcasters Better Manage, Market Digital Assets

The new iForce Solution Center for Digital Asset Management, jointly opened in Boston by WGBH and Sun, is a proof-of-concept testing facility dedicated to showing broadcasters and other digital media-intensive businesses how to develop architectures for the economical management of their digital assets and to derive additional revenue from the content.
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    4 Nov 2003
    #11474
    Sun Aids U.S. Army Accessions Command Reduce Web, Storage TCO
    Command Implements Sun Java System, Sun StorEdge Solutions

    The U.S. Army Accessions Command (USAAC) is responsible for recruitment efforts and matching newly enlisted and commissioned personnel with the requirements of the first unit to which they become assigned. Faced with the imperative to lower costs, the USAAC turned to Sun to support its integrated portal and identity management solutions and its document management solution.
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    5 Nov 2003
    #11477
    Oracle Application Server 10g Running on Sun Servers Sets World Record
    First Benchmark Record Set on Heterogeneous Chip Architecture

    Sun solutions have achieved a world record with Oracle Application Server 10g running on a heterogeneous Sun configuration in the SPECjAppServer 2002 benchmark. The multi-tier operating system and processor architecture included a seven-node Sun Fire V65x server cluster, each equipped with two Intel Xeon 3.06 GHz processors running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and linked to the SPARC processor-based Sun Fire 6800 database server running the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) (SPARC Platform Edition) and the Sun Fire V65x server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 with x86 chip technology.
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    5 Nov 2003
    #11480
    Sun and i2 Solution Benchmark for Supply Chain Management
    Meeting Inventory and Customer Demands

    A recent Sun benchmark run in Sun's Newark, CA, Customer Benchmark Center tested real-world scenarios for inventory and supply chains using Sun technology and an i2 solution. The results demonstrated improved forecast accuracy and optimized inventory to meet customer demands.
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    5 Nov 2004
    #11481
    Sun Cluster Software Promotion: Savings Up to 50 Percent
    Reduces License Fees

    For customers running Oracle Real Application Clusters with Sun Cluster software (now rebranded as Sun Java System Cluster), Sun is offering a promotion with savings of up to 50 percent. The promotion reduces the license fees for Sun Cluster 3 agent licenses and SCI cards and switches. The promotion will run until April 28, 2004.
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    6 Nov 2003
    #11485
    Sun to Open a RFID Test Center to Help Suppliers Meet Wal-Mart Deadline
    Suppliers can Test Sun Java Enterprise Software with their Systems

    Sun announced plans to open an RFID test center in Dallas, TX, where Wal-Mart suppliers can test their RFID solutions to guarantee compliance with the Wal-Mart standard.
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