A lot of people continue to use Sun on Wall Street. They have a lot of investment in Sun software. What you see in this announcement is they have to broaden their offerings to reach that broader audience. |
A lot of people thought Unix servers were going away, but not only are they not going away, they're playing an incredibly important role in the data center to handle mission-critical applications |
IBM maintained the No. 1 spot in the server blade market, with 40.9 percent market share, while HP maintained the No. 2 position with 38.6 percent share, ... Dell's share of the blade market decreased to 6.5 percent in 2Q05. |
IBM maintained the No. 1 spot in the server blade market, with 40.9 percent market share, while HP maintained the No. 2 position with 38.6 percent share. Dell's share of the blade market decreased to 6.5 percent in 2Q05. |
IT needs to be more flexible and it needs to be able to change with changing business strategies. |
Sun's vision of computing is a promising one because it will allow a great variety of clients to participate on networks without the prior installation of special protocol stacks and LAN-specific software drivers on each client machine, ... Instead, the software drivers can be delivered via Java technology, on a just-in-time basis, as needed. Interoperability will be enhanced, and that interoperability will be good for end users both in the office and at home. |
Sun's vision of computing is a promising one because it will allow a great variety of clients to participate on networks without the prior installation of special protocol stacks and LAN-specific software drivers on each client machine. Instead, the software drivers can be delivered via Java technology, on a just-in-time basis, as needed. Interoperability will be enhanced, and that interoperability will be good for end users both in the office and at home. |
The new server line gives Sun a broader approach to the x86 market, |
The new server line gives Sun a broader approach to the x86 market. |
The Unix market is still alive, |
This is their big splash going into the x86 space, |
This is their big splash going into the x86 space. |
Unix servers continue to support mission-critical workloads. |
We do not believe that any one platform will be in a position to force another platform out of the marketplace for many years to come. End users [will continue to] utilize a mix of operating systems in their infrastructures. |
What's very important here is that they are the biggest partner for the channel, ... Still, they are not just going with the channel, or just going with the direct model. |