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Cisco Appoints Industry Veteran as Head of Server and Virtualization Unit

May 11, 2011 — Server manufacturer Cisco announced on Tuesday it has appointed former Juniper Network executive David Yen to head up its server access and virtualization technology group.

NaviSite Uses Sun Servers and Oracle Software

July 28, 2010 — Web hosting provider NaviSite announced on Tuesday it is using a combination of Oracle’s Sun servers and Oracle software to run its mission-critical systems.

Oracle Continues Construction on Utah Data Center

April 30, 2010 — Oracle announced on Friday it has resumed construction on its large data center in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area, after abruptly pulling the project without any details last year.

Sun Microsystem Converts CLUMEQ Silo Into Data Center

December 10, 2009 — Sun Microsystems is helping to convert a silo at the CLUMEQ center in Quebec into a data center, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.

Justice Dept. Approves Oracle's Purchase of Sun

August 21, 2009 — The US Department of Justice has approved Oracle’s plan to acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion, bringing the database provider one step closer to becoming a major contendor in the data center and cloud computing sectors.

Oracle Buys Virtual Iron Software

May 13, 2009 — Oracle announced on Wednesday it has purchased server virtualization software provider Virtual Iron for an undisclosed amount, positioning the database giant as a serious contendor in the data center and cloud computing sectors.

Internet Archive to Open Data Center

March 20, 2009 — Nonprofit The Internet Archive organization will announce next week plans to open a new data center to store two petabytes of data for its digital time capsule, the Wayback Machine, according to a report on Computer World.

IBM in Talks to Purchase Sun

March 18, 2009 — Technology giant IBM is currently in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems, offering to pay Sun at least $6.5 billion, or double Sun’s Tuesday closing price of $4.97, according to a report on Reuters.

34 Vendors Port Apps to Solaris 10

March 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sun Microsystems (sun.com) announced on Monday that a total of 34 software vendors, including Lenovo, Ulticom, Veraz Networks and VoiceGenie, have agreed to port a variety of telecom applications to the Solaris 10 operating system.

Nexcom Servers Target Oracle Users

March 10, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NEXCOM International (nexcom.com.tw) announced on Thursday that it has introduced a series of blade servers supporting Linux platform with Oracle 9i/10g Real Application Cluster. The servers, intended for Oracle users who decide not to use propriety Unix platforms, enhances the manageability, expansibility and efficiency of Oracle in Linux.