items tagged with Sun Microsystems
EU formally objects to Oracle purchase of Sun
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 17:57:58
The European Union has formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, illustrating an obvious fact: the US is a declining financial power.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 17:57:58
The European Union has formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, illustrating an obvious fact: the US is a declining financial power.
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Stallman, others object to Oracle's MySQL ownership
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-22 19:08:00
Two organisations, along with Free Software Foundation head Richard M. Stallman, have written to the European Commission, asking that Oracle not be allowed to acquire MySQL as part of its larger acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-22 19:08:00
Two organisations, along with Free Software Foundation head Richard M. Stallman, have written to the European Commission, asking that Oracle not be allowed to acquire MySQL as part of its larger acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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Open database alliance reaches takeoff stage
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-21 20:32:42
MySQL co-founder Ulf Michael Widenius's dream of having a fully-fledged Open Database Alliance is slowly reaching fruition with the announcement that the project, begun in May this year, has reached its second stage.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-21 20:32:42
MySQL co-founder Ulf Michael Widenius's dream of having a fully-fledged Open Database Alliance is slowly reaching fruition with the announcement that the project, begun in May this year, has reached its second stage.
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Sun cuts global workforce by 10 percent
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-21 06:40:56
Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-21 06:40:56
Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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Convert any computer to a virtual machine with Linux and Clonezilla
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-13 06:15:30
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-13 06:15:30
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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Eolas sues technology and retail giants
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-10-06 18:20:26
A company claiming a patent on the use of AJAX and other technologies to put interactive applications into web pages is suing Adobe, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Google, Yahoo! and other well-known companies for infringement.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-10-06 18:20:26
A company claiming a patent on the use of AJAX and other technologies to put interactive applications into web pages is suing Adobe, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Google, Yahoo! and other well-known companies for infringement.
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Ellison: Sun losing millions, keeping MySQL
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-09-22 18:38:46
Speaking at a forum in Silicon Valley, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that the delay while European Union regulators consider whether to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun is costing the latter company US$100 million a month. He also insisted that the Oracle would maintain MySQL and outlined an ambitious future for the combined companies.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-09-22 18:38:46
Speaking at a forum in Silicon Valley, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that the delay while European Union regulators consider whether to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun is costing the latter company US$100 million a month. He also insisted that the Oracle would maintain MySQL and outlined an ambitious future for the combined companies.
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APAC server market takes hit, but Australia benefits from stimulus
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-09-08 00:05:44
The Asia Pacific region continued its downward trend in server shipments in the three months to the end of June, with a 17.2 percent year-on-year decline and a total of 323,388 units shipped, although Australia showed some improvement over the previous quarter as it benefitted from the federal government’s stimulus program.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-09-08 00:05:44
The Asia Pacific region continued its downward trend in server shipments in the three months to the end of June, with a 17.2 percent year-on-year decline and a total of 323,388 units shipped, although Australia showed some improvement over the previous quarter as it benefitted from the federal government’s stimulus program.
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EC launches investigation of Oracle-Sun deal
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-09-03 15:34:01
The European Commission confirmed today that it will take an "in-depth" look at Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The Commission could take up until January to decide whether the merger would have a significant anticompetitive effect.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-09-03 15:34:01
The European Commission confirmed today that it will take an "in-depth" look at Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The Commission could take up until January to decide whether the merger would have a significant anticompetitive effect.
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EC may delay Oracle purchase of Sun
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-09-02 19:56:21
Reportedly, antitrust regulators with the European Commission are considering putting the brakes on Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The U.S. Justice Department approved the deal ten days ago, but the EC has different concerns.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-09-02 19:56:21
Reportedly, antitrust regulators with the European Commission are considering putting the brakes on Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The U.S. Justice Department approved the deal ten days ago, but the EC has different concerns.
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Oracle purchase of Sun approved
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-08-21 16:30:22
The U.S. Department of Justice has given its okay to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, first announced last April.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-08-21 16:30:22
The U.S. Department of Justice has given its okay to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, first announced last April.
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Gone but not forgotten part one - VAX/VMS
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-20 08:24:29
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-20 08:24:29
Like anyone who has been in IT for a reasonable length of time I've worked with technologies that have lapsed, been superseded, died off or just simply gone out of vogue. Yet there are some my heart yearns to see again.
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EC vs MS: talks resume
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-07-08 21:09:21
Microsoft and the European Commission are talking again, with the apparent aim of settling the anti-trust issues before the current competition commissioner steps down.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-07-08 21:09:21
Microsoft and the European Commission are talking again, with the apparent aim of settling the anti-trust issues before the current competition commissioner steps down.
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Visy chooses Telstra for comms and cloud
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Outsourcing
2009-07-06 19:53:11
Telstra has received a $50 million contract covering communications and a cloud computing platform placed by packaging and recycling giant Visy.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Outsourcing
2009-07-06 19:53:11
Telstra has received a $50 million contract covering communications and a cloud computing platform placed by packaging and recycling giant Visy.
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VirtualBox 3.0.0 adds guest SMP
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-07-01 21:41:57
A major new release of Sun's VirtualBox virtualisation software provides three important new features.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-07-01 21:41:57
A major new release of Sun's VirtualBox virtualisation software provides three important new features.
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Power tops Intel for SAP apps: IBM
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-07-01 17:42:57
IBM claims its POWER6 hardware can outperform Intel-based servers when running SAP applications. And Power systems are cheaper over three years.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-07-01 17:42:57
IBM claims its POWER6 hardware can outperform Intel-based servers when running SAP applications. And Power systems are cheaper over three years.
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Apple's tardy Java update arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-15 22:19:57
Apple has finally got around to updating the Mac OS X version of Java, fixing a worrying vulnerability that's been lingering for months.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-15 22:19:57
Apple has finally got around to updating the Mac OS X version of Java, fixing a worrying vulnerability that's been lingering for months.
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More critical Microsoft updates, even for Vista
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 19:43:28
June's Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft addresses more vulnerabilities than there are days in the month. And this time, Mac users needn't feel left out.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 19:43:28
June's Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft addresses more vulnerabilities than there are days in the month. And this time, Mac users needn't feel left out.
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OpenSolaris: how long will it be with us?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-09 00:19:15
OpenSolaris came out with its third release last week and within a year there seems to have been some pretty good progress.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-09 00:19:15
OpenSolaris came out with its third release last week and within a year there seems to have been some pretty good progress.
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Australian server market suffers worst crash in history!
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-06-03 01:12:39
Just days after an announcement server sales have crashed elsewhere in the world during the first quarter, the Australian server market has followed suit, suffering its worst decline on record. The contraction, outlined in a new report from IDC was nothing short of breath-taking, completely erasing five years of growth.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-06-03 01:12:39
Just days after an announcement server sales have crashed elsewhere in the world during the first quarter, the Australian server market has followed suit, suffering its worst decline on record. The contraction, outlined in a new report from IDC was nothing short of breath-taking, completely erasing five years of growth.
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