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Unix servers fight it out for top spot

...server is more powerful. The challenge pits Sun's 72-processor E15K Starcat server against IBM's 32-processor p690 "Regatta" machine. The yardstick is... Read more

12 February, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Sun to pump up high-end servers

...familiar with the company's plans said. The top-end improvements, called "Starcat+" after the code name of the company's top-end 15K "Starcat... Read more

5 February, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

IBM says Amdahl migration plan is old hat

...to entice users of IBM-compatible mainframes to move to Sun's Starcat Solaris boxes, but IBM has dismissed the scheme as out of step... Read more

21 November, 2001 by Peter Judge

Linux and AIX link up on IBM's biggest Unix server

Regatta finally launches and IBM claims price-performance leadership, with a Linux strategy that calls the future of AIX into question Read more

4 October, 2001 by Peter Judge

Sun to pump up high-end servers

First came Starcat - now comes Starcat+ Sun Microsystems is planning to unveil a series of... Read more

5 February, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Sun gets hip with the Starcat

...its most ambitious server product so far later today. The 106-processor Starcat server is widely seen as Sun's best attempt to rival IBM... Read more

25 September, 2001 by Julian Goldsmith

Sun fights back with mid-range servers

...Ultrasparc III, but there's still no sign of the high-end StarCat Read more

21 March, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

Licensing issues delay vPro security

...appliances, Intel said at the time. Besides Symantec, vendors such as PGP, StarCat, Altiris, Criston, LANDesk and Microsoft are working on management tools for vPro... Read more

22 August, 2007 by Matthew Broersma

Sun releases plans to build on Rock

...exceeding that of the once top-end 106-thread UltraSparc III-based Starcat Sun Fire 15K server. After than will come a chip Yen at... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun shows off its research power

Sun argues that its technology and expertise will let it control its future as it announces a server overhaul and cuts its prices Read more

10 February, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

HP moves up in supercomputer list

...Microsystems also has dramatically increased its presence with its Sun Fire 15K "Starcat" server. Sun had 37 systems in the June 2002 list, but wider... Read more

15 November, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Sun pins hopes on Cherrystone servers

The relatively inexpensive server is a key part of Sun's strategy to head off Intel competition Read more

18 June, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Sun lets 'Starkitty' out of the bag

...is half the size of Sun's top-end Sun Fire 15K "Starcat" system, which the company introduced in late 2001. It's also less... Read more

10 April, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Unix servers breaking out all over

...is a lesser version of Sun's 72-processor Sun Fire 15K "Starcat" system. HP, whose midrange 16-processor rp8400 also has advanced features culled... Read more

9 April, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Can IBM's Regatta take on two rivals?

...the 32-processor Regatta against Sun's 72-processor Sun Fire 15K "Starcat," real competition is also coming from HP. With its Superdome system on... Read more

14 December, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

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