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Sun's N1 Gets Storage Management
News Sun Microsystems is getting ready to unveil on Tuesday the storage management component of its N1 plan to gather servers and storage systems into a single pool of computing power. N1 is a set of products from Sun that are designed to lower the cost...
[April 8, 2003, 9:50]
Sun's N1 Grid Enables EDS To Deliver Major Cost Savings
White Papers In one of the first installations to combine Sun's N1 Grid vision and SAP's applications, Sun, SAP and EDS are implementing a SAP architecture that does not require individual servers for each different SAP application - thus minimizing the number...
[December 21, 2005, 23:00]
Sun Looks To N1 For Storage Solution
News Sun Microsystems on Thursday will unveil a plan code-named "N1" to make it easier for customers to administer their profusion of computing products. N1 will involve "virtualising" hardware and software to shield administrators from the pains of...
[February 7, 2002, 12:35]
Migration From Platform Computing's Load Sharing Facility To Sun N1 Grid Engine Software
White Papers This paper presents a case study covering Transmeta's migration process from Platform Computing's Load Sharing Facility (LSF 4.0.1) to Sun N1 Grid Engine 6 software (N1GE6). Transmeta initially started experimenting with the open source version of...
[November 1, 2006, 0:00]
Sun Infrastructure Solution For N1 Grid For SAP Solutions
White Papers Sun's approach to consolidation is to help customers look at both their current and future needs. Sun believes that a focus on the infrastructure holds the key to doing both at the same time. Sun has designed a consolidated infrastructure for SAP...
[July 1, 2004, 3:00]
Sun Details Expanded Open Source Plans
News Sun said Wednesday that it will offer free access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris operating system. I have no doubt that Sun can replace current product revenue with services revenue.
[December 1, 2005, 9:25]
Global Grid Connectivity Using Globus Toolkit With Solaris Operating System
White Papers This article describes how to integrate grid computing with Globus Toolkit software for a site using Sun N1 Grid Engine software (formerly Sun Grid Engine) as a local resource manager. This article provides background information and step-by-step...
[June 23, 2004, 20:00]
Sun Adds Grid To N1 Name
News Sun Microsystems is considering a new payment system for its utility-computing software, charging customers according to how many devices they have. The renaming reflects Sun's plan to hasten the expansion of N1 from its current incarnation as...
[February 13, 2004, 11:25]
Sun Uncloaks 'virtualised' Computing
News Sun Microsystems uncloaked "N1", a stealth project that the company hopes will ease operations at data centres filled with servers and storage systems, on Thursday. The concept resembles efforts underway at some of Sun's biggest competitors.
[February 8, 2002, 14:22]
Sun Wants To Open Up N1
News Sun Microsystems is working on a mechanism to connect its N1 utility computing software to existing systems management setups, in an early attempt to manage data centre gear from other providers. The company hopes to complete the development kit in...
[December 23, 2003, 11:10]
Sun Lights The Way For Virtual Servers
News Sun Microsystems plans to detail a timeline Thursday for N1, a sweeping software strategy that will let administrators create virtual mainframes out of their existing computer resources. On Thursday, at its SunNetwork 2002 conference in San...
[September 18, 2002, 8:07]
McNealy Touts N1, Warns Against Microsoft
News Sun Microsystems will need to seek a little help from its friends to make its ambitious N1 plan succeed, chief executive Scott McNealy said on Monday. Storage systems from EMC, username-password databases from Novell, and application servers from...
[November 19, 2002, 7:43]
Sun's Blades Will Virtualise Solaris
News Sun Microsystem's blade servers, due for launch by March 2003, will be bundled with the first release of Sun N1, the company's virtualisation system. N1 is being constructed from software that Sun acquired with two companies, Terraspring and Pirus...
[December 11, 2002, 9:57]
Sun Pushes Management En Masse
News Sun Microsystems began selling new software on Tuesday to control hundreds of servers in one fell swoop, a step in its "N1" strategy to shield administrators from mundane management chores. Sun's Change Manager lets an administrator simultaneously...
[October 23, 2002, 8:15]
Sun Signs Up Utility Partner
News Sun Microsystems has drafted another partner for its utility services push, signing up consulting firm SchlumbergerSema to sell outsourcing services based around its server gear. The services will be based on high-end Unix servers and N1 software...
[October 1, 2003, 10:05]
Sun Looks To Solaris 9 For Salvation
News Sun released Solaris 9 on Wednesday, along with a plan to integrate its application server software into the operating system. I don't think we'll talk about operating systems five to 10 years from now," said Sun chief operating officer Ed Zander...
[May 23, 2002, 11:19]
Sun Releases UK Blade Prices, Defends SPARC
News Sun has issued UK prices for the mixed-processor blade servers it released on Monday, and defended the role of SPARC in a market sector that has gone completely with Intel. Sun's blade servers will sell from £1,300 per blade in the UK.
[February 11, 2003, 12:56]
Sun To Launch Comeback Plan
News Sun Microsystems, backed into a corner by competitors and economics, is launching new projects in an effort to revitalise its diminished computer-industry leadership. Sun shook up computing giants in the late 1990s with its success in selling heavy...
[September 16, 2002, 12:22]
Sun To Pump Up High-end Servers
News Sun Microsystems will unveil a series of upgrades to its high-end servers on Monday, including faster 1.2GHz processors and the ability to switch out many components without shutting the computer down, sources familiar with the company's plans said.
[February 5, 2003, 8:09]
Sun's Storage Faring Better Than Servers
News Sun Microsystems has revealed for the first time the financial performance of its storage division, showing in a financial statement that revenue from those products declined more slowly in recent years than revenue from servers.
[May 15, 2003, 8:16]
