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The APIs for the Sun Cloud: Wiki: HelloCloud — Project Kenai

September 26, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

This document illustrates by example the process of building a Virtual Data Center to support a simple web application. Let’s assume that this application does storage and retrieval of large media files; the required infrastructure is:

* A firewall appliance for connecting to the Internet
* A private network connecting the firewall to other systems
* A Linux web server running a LAMP stack
* A Solaris database machine running MySQL for application persistence
* A WebDAV server for the media files
(Link: The APIs for the Sun Cloud: Wiki: HelloCloud — Project Kenai)

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Larry Ellison – interview with ex-CEO of Motorola

September 23, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Larry Ellison argued that the reason behind the Sun acquisition is to move into the systems business. He believes that the tech industry treats customers like “computer hobbyists.” Customers are forced to buy components – servers, storage, switches, databases, app servers, applications….- from a long list of vendor and to then spend vast sums integrating systems to address a given application. His goal is to leverage Sun to create systems – billing systems, airline reservations systems….where engineers optimize the integration not customers and service providers. He envisions building the successor to Tom Watson Jr’s IBM, which he views as the most successful enterprise company of all time.
(Link: Larry Ellison – interview with ex-CEO of Motorola)

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Michael Cote on the Sun Acquisition

April 22, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Java has been an independent enough entity for long enough that screwing it up is difficult to do. Put another way, it’s BigCo interests have been mucking around with the Java world for so long that it can’t really get worse.
(Link: Michael Cote on the Sun Acquisition)

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Oracle buys Sun

April 20, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash
(Link: Oracle buys Sun)

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