http://www.solariscentral.com A Resource for the Sun Solaris Operating System Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:48:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The executives at server and operating system maker Sun Microsystems have been uncharacteristically quiet since the $5.6bn Oracle deal was announced back in April. And they've been silent since Sun's shareholders approved the deal last Thursday. This - from one of the most aggressive, PR-driven firms on the planet - ... http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/24/sun-cranks-clocks-on-sparc-t2-and-t2/ HP is rolling out its new Complete Sun Care program in hopes of luring away Sun customers ahead of the acquisition of Sun by Oracle. The HP program includes a variety of services, support programs and financial incentives designed to convince customers to migrate to HP technology. HP’s announcement comes ... http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/24/hp-makes-pitch-to-sun-customers-prior-to-oracle-vote/ Sun and Fujitsu are offering improved performance and virtualization features for their UltraSPARC-based servers through the adoption of new processors and LDoms virtualization software. The rollout comes at a time when uncertainty surrounds the Unix space, with Oracle buying Sun and delays in Intel’s next-generation Itanium chip. At the same ... http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/24/sun-fujitsu-launch-enhanced-ultrasparc-systems-into-roiling-unix-market/ People outside of IT seldom think of Oracle as a Linux company, but it is. Not only does Oracle encourage its customers to use its own house-brand clone of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Oracle has long used Linux internally both on its servers and on some ... http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/14/is-oracle-getting-ready-to-kill-opensolaris/ With the new Crossbow network virtualisation system and VirtualBox supported, OpenSolaris wets appetites for upcoming Solaris features. Read More http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/14/suns-opensolaris-review/ If reports this week that Sun Microsystems killed development on its next-generation UltraSparc processor are true, the news could be an omen for the rest of Sun's hardware technology as Oracle's takeover of the company nears. Read More http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/14/server-users-ponder-suns-hardware-future/ Sun Microsystems Inc.’s takeover by Oracle Corp. faces extended scrutiny after the U.S. Justice Department requested more information on the transaction. Read More http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/14/sun-gets-request-for-added-information-on-oracle-deal/ Oracle/Sun's ZFS file system seems set to get deduplication added to it later this year. ZFS or the Zettabyte File System is a 128-bit file system that Sun says radically simplifies file system administration. Read More http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/07/14/sun-setting-dedupe-up-for-zfs/ Sun Microsystems stockholders will get their chance to vote on Oracle’s proposed $7.4 billion acquisition when they meet July 16 at Sun’s Santa Clara, Calif., campus. The deal would end more than seven months of negotiations between Sun and several interested suitors—including Oracle, IBM and HP—vying for Sun. Oracle CEO ... http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/06/10/sun-stockholders-to-vote-on-oracle-deal-july-16/ As it comes closer to becoming reality, Oracle's purchase of Sun makes more sense, for the simple reason that there is plenty of good technology in Sun — like Java — that Oracle can put to good use. But what is Oracle going to do with its newly acquired OSes? ... http://www.solariscentral.com/2009/06/10/whats-the-future-for-opensolaris/