Transcript Sun: Open Network Computing Leader Software

Sun Contribution
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Advanced Educational Technologies
Laura LĂZĂROIU
Marketing Manager, ROMSYS
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24 Februarie 1982
Mountain View, California
Scott McNEALLY, Vinod KHOSLA,
Andy BECHTOLSHEIM, Bill JOY
Sun Microsystems
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CEO:
Scott McNeally, 46 years
“Manager of the Year 1995”
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA - USA
Employees: 16.000
Revenue:
9,8 Billion USD (FY1998)
R & D:
10 % Revenue
Sun’s Vision:
1980’
The Network is the Computer
2000’
Famous Predictions
“ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
Thomas Watson,
IBM,1943
“ There is no reason anyone will want a computer in their home…
the PC is a toy.”
Ken Olson
Digital,1977
“ 640 KB ought to be enough for anybody.”
“ The internet is a fad.”
Bill Gates,
Microsoft, 1983, 1993
Sun: Open Network Computing Leader
• Hardware:
- UltraSPARC: RISC Technology Leader
- No.1 RISC Sales
- No.1 Internet Platform
Sun: Open Network Computing Leader
• Software:
- Solaris:
UNIX OS Leader
- Solstice:
Network Management Systems Leader
- Java:
Network Computing Base
“The Third IT Revolution”
Sun - Platform of Choice
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Data Warehouse, Data Mining
MIS/MRP
CAD/CAM/CAE
Internet
More than 12.000 Applications
Sun - Recognized IT Leader
Workgroup & Data Center Servers
• UE2 - “Best Internet Server Award” - CNET’97
• UE3000 - “Product of the Year” - InfoWorld’97
• UE6000 - Best Enterprise RISC Server - Network Magazine
• UE 10000 - Best of Show FOSE’97 - GNC
Sun - Best of Performance
• UE4000 - Best Web Server Perf. SPECweb96
• UE6000 - 200% TPC-C over any HP, DEC, IBM server in the same
category
• UE1000 - OLTP Record on SAP R/3
Best of Technology:
Sun HPC Servers
(High Performance Computing)
Second to CRAY on Top500
Sun Microsystems in 1998
• Nb 1 on UNIX Servers Market
• Nb 1 on UNIX Worstations Market
Dataquest Report, September ‘98
Technical Awards 1998
Solaris 2.6 - Operating System Product of the Year
PlugIn Datamation 1998
JavaStudio - Info Vision Award 1998
Java WorkShop 2.0 - Award of Excellence
Society of Tehnical Communications
Sun Initiatives 1998
• 100% Pure Java Certification - free for 3 months
over 400 Java applications certified
• Solaris 2.6 - Free for Non-Commercial Use
over 1,000,000 demands in 3 months
Sun Microsystems
Special Approach for Academic
Environment
Sun for Universities
• Special Facilities
• SunSITE
(Software, Information & Technology Exchange)
• SunTREC
(Technology & Research Excellence Centers)
• Collaborative Research Program
Academic Special Facilities
• Special Academic Discount
• ScholarPAC
• AEG (Academic Equipment Grant)
SunSITE
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Global easy access to free software
Repository for Sun technologies information
Repository for local/national key-information
Development of new Internet software tools
Launch of the newest internet-based applications
Sun SITE Romania:
Server Sun Enterprise 3000:
• 1 Procesor UltraSPARC RISC 64-bit (up to 6)
• 256 MB Memorie RAM (up to 6 GB)
• 20GB Hot-Swap Disks (up to 42GB)
• 2.6 GB Transfer Rate (Gigaplane I/O)
• Over 5000 users supported
(located at “Politechnica” University, Bucharest)
Sun - The Right Choice for
Advanced Technologies
• Right Vision
• Successful Proven-Track-Record
• Sustained Strategy