Offers Wide Array of Solutions for Low-cost Computing August 3, 2004,
Volume 78, Issue 1
Sun chose last week's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo to announce a
number of its Linux product entries for the low-cost computing market.
Sun offers such high-performance server products as the Sun FireTM
V20z and Sun FireTM V40z servers, the Sun JavaTM W1100z and Sun
JavaTM W2100z workstations, plus software such as the Sun JavaTM
Enterprise System, the Sun JavaTM Desktop System, JavaTM technology
and developer tools.
"The evolution of Linux has opened up tremendous new market
opportunities for Sun, and extended our existing ones. This stands in
stark contrast to others who are abandoning core platforms that their
customers depend on," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief
operating officer at Sun. "We're working side by side with
partners and customers to deliver the industry's most advanced
technology solutions, paired with innovative new pricing structures to
protect our customers' investments and align with their long-term
business goals."
Examples of Sun's low-cost computing offerings include:
Project Janus: Part of the upcoming SolarisTM 10 Operating System
(Solaris OS) that will allow customers to run Linux binary applications
unchanged on the Solaris OS.
Sun Java Workstation W1100z and W2100z and the SunFire V20z and V40z
servers offer Linux users industry-leading, high-performance 32- and
64-bit Opteron workstations and servers.
SunTM Studio 9 software provides a comprehensive, yet simple,
productive environment for developing applications using C and C++ for
the Sun Java Desktop System 2003, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
Sun Java Desktop System 2, now available at 50 percent off its
original price until December 2, 2004.
StarOfficeTM 7 software, a commercial product built on
OpenOffice.org's open source code that provides one of the best-valued,
multi-platform, Microsoft-compatible office suites. StarOffice software
is available for free to the academic community.
Sun Java Enterprise System for Linux allows customers to take
advantage of Sun's simple, predictable and affordable approach for a
complete middleware infrastructure solution.
The Sun RayTM Server Software 3.0 (SRSS) and Sun Ray technology,
forthcoming to support Linux.
Sun JavaTM Studio Creator, a breakthrough visual development
environment and the first Sun product to be made available under a new
subscription model that is part of the SunSM Developer Network
program.
New members of the Sun Developer Network can now sign up for an
exclusive, three-year Sun JavaTM Studio Enterprise subscription at the
discounted price of $1499 per year and receive a complete hardware,
software and services package.
For a limited time, customers who purchase the Sun Java Enterprise
System for $100 per employee per year will receive a Sun Fire V20z AMD
Opteron processor-based server, the Solaris OS and one year of
SunSpectrum SilverSM support at no additional charge.
The SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) (x86 Platform Edition)
is aggressively priced starting at $99. Through a special promotion
available through the end of this year, Solaris OS is offered for high
volume one- to four-processor x86 server deployments in quantities of
100, 500 and 2000, including support, a free upgrade to Solaris 10 OS
and full indemnification.
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