Sun Microsystems Tag Index

NetApp and Oracle have halted their legal battle over the open source storage technology found in the ZFS file system.
Tags : NetApp, Sun Microsystems, OpenSolaris, ZFS, Oracle

Oracle is reassuring its Sun StorageTek data tape customers of its long-term commitment to the technology.
Tags : Sun Microsystems, archiving, tape storage, backup and recovery, Oracle

Is Oracle seeking to do away with OpenSolaris?
Tags : Sun Microsystems, Oracle, open storage, open source, Sun Oracle Merger Open Source Storage

There are some good reasons why Sun's open source ZFS file system is so popular.
Tags : open storage, file systems, Sun Microsystems, ZFS, open source

IBM, HDS, Sun and 3PAR are among the vendors with big product announcements this week.
Tags : SSD, Sun Microsystems, IBM, deduplication, data storage

HP gets kicked to the curb as Oracle picks the company it's acquiring for the next-generation Exadata servers.
Tags : mergers and acquisitions, Exadata, Sun Microsystems, database, Oracle

Sun and Oracle have been silent as their merger nears approval, but pundits have been anything but quiet.
Tags : mergers and acquisitions, Sun Microsystems, open storage, open source, Oracle

Vendors from EMC to Sun are standardizing on Intel and AMD chips. Will the movement toward commodity architectures affect performance?
Tags : Intel, AMD, EMC, Sun Microsystems, BlueArc

Sun Microsystems is partnering with BridgeHead to help hospitals store and manage data — a move that just might get the company some healthcare stimulus dollars.
Tags : data storage, stimulus bill, Health IT, BridgeHead Software, Sun Microsystems

Mergers, hostile takeovers, turf battles, high-profile defections... We look at what's behind the turmoil in the IT industry — and what it means for the future of storage.
Tags : EMC, Cisco, Oracle, mergers and acquisitions, Sun Microsystems

The latest version of Sun's open source ZFS file system includes automated management of SSDs. And OpenSolaris gets new networking and virtualization features.
Tags : data storage, open source, file systems, Solid-State Drives, Sun Microsystems

Sun's latest Open Storage offering includes cluster and dual controller options for high availability.
Tags : Oracle, data storage, open source, Sun Microsystems

An old data storage technology is providing Sun Microsystems with a surprising source of growth.
Tags : Sun Microsystems, IBM, data storage, Oracle, tape

Some analysts say the answer is yes — and perhaps sooner than you think.
Tags : data storage, Sun Microsystems, hard drives, EMC, Solid-State Drives

With commercial implementations and community projects on the rise, analysts nonetheless see barriers to widespread enterprise adoption of open source data storage technologies.
Tags : Sun Microsystems, open source, backup, data storage, EMC

Larry Ellison says Oracle will hang on to Sun's hardware business, including the data storage and tape lines.
Tags : Sun Microsystems, Oracle, data storage

While just a tiny part of a $13 billion company, Sun's Open Storage program exemplifies everything the company had hoped to achieve in its turnaround efforts.
Tags : open source, open storage, Sun Microsystems, data storage, Oracle

Sun's Open Storage program was its strongest business in the March quarter — just in time for Oracle to figure out what to do with the program.
Tags : Oracle, open source, open storage, data storage, Sun Microsystems

After a tough first quarter, EMC CEO Joe Tucci waxes about the outlook for IT spending and sizes up the company's new competitive threat from the merger of Oracle and Sun.
Tags : Sun Microsystems, Oracle, EMC

Oracle's sudden move into the data storage business has industry analysts wondering — and storage vendors on edge.
Tags : data storage, mergers and acquisitions, EMC, Sun Microsystems, Oracle

Sun and Oracle have been silent as their merger nears approval, but pundits have been anything but quiet.
Tags : mergers and acquisitions, Sun Microsystems, open storage, open source, Oracle

Vendors from EMC to Sun are standardizing on Intel and AMD chips. Will the movement toward commodity architectures affect performance?
Tags : Intel, AMD, EMC, Sun Microsystems, BlueArc

With commercial implementations and community projects on the rise, analysts nonetheless see barriers to widespread enterprise adoption of open source data storage technologies.
Tags : Sun Microsystems, open source, backup, data storage, EMC