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July 2009

Each month Sun Marketing publishes the “Good News” about Sun. This month there are 12 items and 3 groups:

• Leading Market Conversations: ComputerWorld’s “100 Best Places to Work in IT 2009,” Open Work Program, Sun Constellation System, Sun Blade Systems, Julich, Sun Blade X6275, NetBeans 6.7
• Product Reviews Underscore Innovation: VirtualBox, OpenSolaris, JavaFX
• Customers Choose Sun: MySQL, Sun Servers, Storage, Software, Virtualization, Solaris Containers, Workstations, Management Tools

A two-page PDF of the “Good News” from Sun is available in English and several other languages.

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Customers Favorites Listed

A list of the top most popular white papers downloaded by Sun customers range from virtualization topics, to cloud computing to open source Web applications. These Sun white papers are easy to read to get up to date on the latest technologies, innovations and solutions from Sun. Most do require basic registration to access the complete white paper.

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Special Committee of the Sun Board of Directors to Vote on Merger Agreement with Oracle

Sun stockholders are scheduled to meet on July 16, 2009, to vote on the adoption of the merger agreement between Sun and Oracle. The proposal to adopt the merger agreement must be approved by a majority of the outstanding shares of Sun’s common stock. Back in April, the company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved to sell Sun to Oracle for $9.50 per share in cash for common stock. The value of the deal breaks down to approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.

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Will Jointly Promote OpenOffice.org, Open Document Format (ODF)

Sun and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced they will be working together to promote the use of open source technologies as a low-cost way to improve education with universal access to information and knowledge. Under a collaborative agreement, the two also plan on developing knowledge societies in emerging and developing economies and creating a Center of Excellence for Adoption of Open Technologies that promotes adoption of OpenOffice.org and Open Document Format Tools.

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Project Vector May Turn Java into the World’s Largest App Store

At the JavaOne Conference this coming June, Sun will be announcing details on a Java project known as Vector. Sun President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz decided to tantalize readers of his blog with a bit about the project, which he hints will more than likely be officially named the Java Store.

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 Vol 134 Issue 1, 2 , 3, 4 and 5 Vol 133 Issues 2, 3 and 4;

We track how frequently each article is viewed on the web site to determine which the readers consider the most important. During the last quarter (February, March, April), the web site for this newsletter had 101k unique visitors who viewed 253k pages. (For the past 12 months: 531k unique visitors and 1.39 million page views.)

Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with a list of the most popular articles for each of the last 8 issues.

Top Ten Articles for Vol 134 Issue 5

• Sun Posts Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
• Making Use of Virtualization with Solaris Containers (Zones) and ZFS
• Andy Bechtolsheim at Sun (and Elsewhere)
• Sun xVM Ops Center 2.1 Released
• Installing Sun xVM Hypervisor; Provisioning a Paravirtualized Solaris 10 DomU
• Free Web-based Training Course on Sun xVM Ops Center
• Sun Rapid Solutions: Sun Managed Virtual Desktop Solution
• New Cloud Standards Group to Address Management Interoperability
• Upcoming MySQL Webinars
• Java Education and Development Initiative Program Launched in Vietnam

Top Ten Articles for Vol 134 Issue 4

• Sun to be Acquired by Oracle
• Assembling a Virtualized Setup
• Sun Cooling Door Systems
• Using OpenSSO To Protect Java EE Applications
• Managing SSDs with ZFS on the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
• Sun’s Solaris Engineering Team Boasts Xeon 5500’s Performance
• Open Source and Cloud Computing Intersect
• Sun Ultra 27 x64 Workstation Featuring the Intel Xeon Processor 3500 Series
• GlassFish Portfolio, OpenSSO and OpenDS on Amazon EC2 Cloud
• Sun OpenSSO Express Release Supports Google Apps Premier Edition

Top Ten Articles for Vol 134 Issue 3

• ZFS: A Guide for the New User
• What is Drupal?
• Sun’s New Open Network Systems Products Revealed
• More Zones, Less Elapsed Time
• VirtualBox 2.2 Beta 2 with Fixes
• OpenSolaris, Intel’s Nehalem an Unbeatable Combination
• New Features in Package Manager 2009.06
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Implements Sun Identity Management Solution
• Cost Cutting with Blades
• HR Firm Finds Solutions in Java EE and GlassFish

Top Ten Articles for Vol 134 Issue 2

• New Sun VirtualBox Release Supports Open Virtualization Format for Easy Import/Export
• OpenSolaris Toshiba Laptops Available for Purchase
• A Step-by-step Guide for Installing and Configuring Logical Domains (LDoms) for the Solaris 10 OS
• What Makes Java Card 3 So Special?
• Prescription: Solaris Feature, Live Upgrade
• Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10
• A Procedure for Using Sun xVM Ops Center 2.0 Software to Manage Solaris Containers
• Java News Bites
• Flash-based SSDs and HPC: Change Is in the Wind
• Solaris 10 Beats Windows Server 2008 EE on SAP SD Benchmark

Top Ten Articles for Vol 134 Issue 1

• Zone Clusters - How to Deploy Virtual Clusters and Why
• Sun’s Future Success Lies in Open Source and Cloud Computing
• Oracle ASM and Solaris
• Sun Ray Software and VMWare View Manager
• Solaris and the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series - Nehalem
• Sun Fire X4600 M2 Breaks World Record and Leads VMware VMmark Results
• Appliance Analytics Heat Maps Especially Useful for I/O Latency
• Making Sense of OpenSSL Versions in Solaris
• Sun Storage 7410 Cluster Upgrade Kit
• Cloud Privacy Alliance in the Queue for Sun

Top Ten Articles for Vol 133 Issue 4

• Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 3 Released
• A Guide to Getting Started with Cloud Computing
• Sun’s LDoms Support Oracle 10g
• Performance Comparison of Deduped Disk Vendors
• OpenSolaris Project Crossbow Points the Way to the Cloud
• 32GB SSD Options for Sun Fire X4150 and X4450
• DLight Tutorial Provides Instrumentation for Using DTrace in Solaris and OpenSolaris
• Schwartz Video Blog #4: Efficiently Connecting Adoption and Commercial Opportunity
• Testing File System Compression on the Sun Unified Storage System 7000
• ILM Informatique Recommendation of the Sun Storage 7110

Top Ten Articles for Vol 133 Issue 3

• 16-core Rock Processor Expected This Fall
• High Performance Data Warehouse Solutions
• Sun’s Open Cloud Platform Unveiled at CommunityOne East
• Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000, T5120 Servers Outshine IBM Hardware on Benchmarking Test
• An Update on Porting OpenSolaris to the IBM Mainframe
• Carrier Grade Linux On Sun’s UltraSPARC T2 Processor
• Schwartz Video Blog #3: Sun’s Network Innovations
• Sun’s Cool Database Center: Video
• Sun Java Mobile Communication 1.0 - Media Kit
• Unleashing Application Performance with Solid-State Drives and Sun Servers

Top Ten Articles for Vol 133 Issue 2

• Sun Incorporates Solid State Drive Modules into Servers and Storage Systems
• Sun’s Hybrid Storage Pool Trumps EMC’s Use of Flash Devices
• Download for Sun Identity Manager 8.1 Now Available
• Schwartz Video Blog #2: Technology Adoption
• Sun Grid Engine 6.2 Update 2 Released
• Release of Portal Pack 3.0
• Sun GlassFish Communications Server 1.5
• OpenStorage News Bites
• Early Experiences with a Commercial Hardware Transactional Memory Implementation
• Economy Drives Increased Interest in Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Green IT

After the Acquisition, Oracle will not exit the hardware business

Oracle has posted the transcription of an interview of Larry Ellison to their web site. In that interview, Larry makes a number of important statements for existing Sun customers, partners, and employees. He stately clearly that, “we are definitely not going to exit the hardware business. While most hardware businesses are low-margin, companies like Apple and Cisco enjoy very high-margins because they do a good job of designing their hardware and software to work together.”

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May 2009

Each month Sun Marketing publishes the “Good News” about Sun. This month there are 11 items and 3 groups:

• Customers Choose Sun: MySQL, Sun Constellation System, ZFS, Lustre, Sun Open Source Software, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems
• Leading Market Conversations: Open Network Systems, MySQL 5.4
• Product Reviews Underscore Innovation: Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System, Sun Fire X4440 server, Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.2, MySQL 5.4

A two-page PDF of the “Good News” from Sun is available in English and several other languages.

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Earnings Report Mixed with Losses Per Share along with Billings Growth, Positive Cash Flow

Although Sun’s third quarter of fiscal 2009 showed a decline in revenues, net loss on a GAAP and non GAAP basis, the company grew billings nearly 4 percent year-over-year in key growth categories and generated cash flow from operations of $178 million, which is the third consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from operations in fiscal 2009.

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At the Annual MySQL Awards in Conjunction with 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo

Near the conclusion of the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo held April 20-24 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, recognition of the open source database’s best customers, partners and open source community contributors was announced. Awards were presented for Applications of the Year, Partners of the Year, and Community Members of the Year.

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