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10 Nov 2003
#11492
Sun Discusses Business Strategy, Sales Revenues in 2003 Annual Report
Cutting Cost and Complexity Through Focus on Network Computing

Sun Microsystems has a six-fold business strategy for delivering networking solutions that cut cost and complexity to its customers. These are discussed in the company's 2003 annual report.
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10 Nov 2003
#11491
Sun Targets Cost and Complexity
From the 2003 Annual Report

In its campaign against cost and complexity, Sun has introduced servers based on SPARC and Solaris Operating Systems (Solaris OS) technologies that undercut the price of comparable systems from the competition. Sun customers also have wider choices from among the systems based on Solaris OS, Linux and 32-bit x86 technologies. Economies of even greater importance result from the possibilities the new N1 architecture introduces, among them the ability to manage a data center as if it were a single computer.
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10 Nov 2003
#11318
Sun Releases Communications Internet Data Center Reference Architecture
Gives Users Enterprise-wide, Web-based Communications System communications system

The newly released Communications Internet Data Center (CIDC) Reference Architecture supports the Sun Java System Messaging Server 5.2 (formerly Sun ONE Messaging Server) and the Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1, delivering the sizing and performance characterizations that enable reduced time-to-revenue in messaging implementations.
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10 Nov 2003
#11426
Westdeutsche Landesbank AG Chooses Sun Fire 6800 Server
Sun Research Shows Vertical Architecture Is Best for Hosting SAP Application

IT managers at Westdeutsche Landesbank AG were persuaded to choose Sun Microsystems as the hardware vendor for its SAP implementation by the findings of the report "Consolidated SAP Operation -- A Review of Costs," in which Sun compared a Sun Fire 6800 server, five 4-way servers and a distributed scenario of five small servers and 16 blades to determine the best system for hosting that solution. The report concluded that a consolidated Sun solution provides the highest degree of performance, scalability and availability at the lowest cost.
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