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16 hrs ago | Bizjournals

Text of senatorsa letter to European regulators on Oracle-Sun Microsystems deal

Fifty-nine U.S. senators - including Colorado's Mark Udall and Michael Bennet - have sent an open letter to European antitrust regulators, urging them to hasten their deliberations on software giant Oracle Corp.'s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Software, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall, Senator Michael Bennet

Thu Nov 26, 2009

WebWire

Sun Microsystems and Ashbourne Technology Group Unveil Industry's...

Collaboration Delivers Desktop as a Service that can be Delivered Anytime, Anywhere; New Multi-Platform Service Optimized for K-12 Schools and Community Colleges SANTA CLARA, Calif.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, CA, Programming Languages, Java, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Open Source Software, Linux

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Denver Business Journal

Senators push Europe to OK Sun-Oracle deal

Fifty-nine U.S. senators - including Colorado's Mark Udall and Michael Bennet - have sent an open letter to European antitrust regulators, urging them to hasten their deliberations on software giant Oracle Corp.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Software, Startups, US Politics, Mark Udall, US News, US Senate, Senator Michael Bennet, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall, Computers

NationMultimedia.com - Technology

Sun extends HPC delivers Top500 List Shows 39 out of Top 50 Supercomputers Choose Sun Storage

Sun Microsystems announced new products and technologies that extend its HPC leadership, maximize application performance and throughput, and provide superior building blocks for HPC systems.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Computers

Tue Nov 24, 2009

ABC7News

Senators tell EU to hurry with Oracle-Sun probe

U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Science, Computer Science, US News, US Politics, John Kerry, US Senate, Democrat

Earth Times

ShareStream To Co-host Webinar on Best Practices for Rich Media in...

ShareStream, a leading provider of rich media-management and delivery platforms for higher education, announced this week that it will be co-hosting a Webinar with Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Georgetown University, Digital Rights Management

Sun Nov 22, 2009

PR-inside.com

Newly published market report: Global Computer Hardware

It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

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Related Topix: Computers, Advertising, Marketing, 9, HP

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Oracle $7.4 Billion Sun Takeover May Be Blocked by EU on Competition Issue

Oracle Corp. a s planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. may be blocked by European Union regulators because of concerns Oracle might be able to eliminate Suna s MySQL database product as a competitor, according to an EU document.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Software, Startups, Computers, Lawrence Ellison, Redwood City, CA

Fri Nov 20, 2009

ComputerWorld

Sun claims fastest storage array on planet

Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced upgrades to its Sun Storage 7000 family of disk arrays that double the performance and capacity from a maximum of 288TB to 576TB in a 4U space.

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Related Topix: Computers, Sun Microsystems, Startups, Science / Technology, CPU

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ITWorld Canada

Frankly Speaking: ID management woes in the cloud

Businesses will be running on the cloud in as little as five to 10 years, so getting on board with identity management now will be the "onramp" to sustaining and growing the business in the cloud over time, said Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Computers, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, CIO News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

COLDFUSION Developer's Journal

Emulex Selected by Sun Microsystems to Deliver New ExpressModule HBA...

SC09 - " Emulex Corporation today announced the availability of a new combined 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and 1Gb/s Ethernet ExpressModulea Host Bus Adapter for the Sun Bladea 6000 Modular System.

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Related Topix: Computers, Emulex, Startups, Sun Microsystems, CPU, Science / Technology, Marketing, High Performance Computing

Mon Nov 16, 2009

TechTarget

Are containerized data centers catching on outside Microsoft, Google?

Portable data centers contained inside standard 20- or 40-foot-long freight shipping containers have been adopted by tech-savvy companies like Microsoft Corp.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, HP, Computers, Silicon Graphics, Science, Computer Science, Stanford University

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

O'Brien: Ellison's new battle is different from PeopleSoft

I couldn't be sure whether that was fog rolling past Oracle's shimmering Redwood City towers last week or steam coming out of the ears of Larry Ellison when he learned the European Union had officially objected to his purchase of Sun Microsystems.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Startups, Software, Lawrence Ellison, Sun Microsystems, Computers, San Francisco Metro

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Deal Stocks: AIG, BCS, HCS, GOOG, ORCL, JAVA

Welcome to Deal Stocks. In the news Tuesday are American International Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Insurance, American International Group, Six Flags, Recreation, Oracle, Software, Computers, Sun Microsystems

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Boulder Daily Camera

Sun Microsystems to lay off 128 in Broomfield as part of latest...

Sun Microsystems in Broomfield At least 128 Sun Microsystems Inc. employees in Broomfield are expected to lose their jobs as part of the technology giant's recent announcement to lay off 3,000 workers of its global work force.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems

Thu Nov 12, 2009

MarketWatch

Spotlight turns to SAP in Oracle, Sun debacle

German software giant SAP AG publicly confirmed its "concerns" about archrival Oracle Corp.'s pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Startups, Software, SAP, Computers, Sun Microsystems, Lawrence Ellison

The Post Chronicle

Why Is Oracle Fighting So Hard For Sun's MySQL?

Oracle Corp has allowed regulatory approval of its $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc to drag on for months due to controversy over a database that most users get for free.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Software, Startups, MySQL, Computers, Microsoft, Lawrence Ellison

Wed Nov 11, 2009

East Bay Business Times

Sun Microsystems to cut 128 Colorado jobs

Job cuts at Sun Microsystems Inc. will once again hit hard in Colorado, where the computer technology company will eliminate 128 jobs in January as part of national layoffs.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Software

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Canada.com

EU casts doubt on Oracle's Sun buy

The European Union told Oracle Corp. yesterday it has failed to produce hard evidence to placate concerns that its purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Oracle, Software, Startups, Computers, HP

XML Journal

Sun Microsystems Unveils New Desktop Virtualization Capabilities in Sun Ray Software 5

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the availability of Sun Ray Software 5, which brings remarkable enhancements to the virtual desktop experience and helps to increase data center efficiency.

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Related Topix: Computers, Startups, Sun Microsystems, Programming Languages, Java, Science / Technology, Open Source Software, Linux

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