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Updated Sun Configuration Diagram Templates are available. Recent changes include:

2008-06-12 Added T5240.
2007-12-10 Added T5120 & T5220
2008-05-20 Added X4450
2008-01-11 Added X8420 Blade. Added SB8000P
2008-01-23 Added M8000 Slice Config.
2007-09-12 M8000 & M9000 added.
2007-08-12 M4000 & M5000 added.
2008-05-30 Added J4500, Updated SL500
2008-05-21 Added SL3000 Tape Library

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A Sun blogger announced that Sun Ray Software 4 Update 3 Beta is coming soon…
Some notes from the beta FAQ:
Sun Ray Software 4 Update 3 includes

Sun Ray Server Software (SRSS) […]

ZDnet columnist Paul Murphy looks at the cost of acquiring 1000 desk top systems in a recent blog post, “Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel“. He compares the Sun Ray thin client to a popular low-cost Dell desk top and concludes that the hardware costs are lower for the Sun Ray solution.
However, the big savings are […]

Sun has a special offer for you:
For a limited time, Sun is offering a Solaris Express Developer Edition DVD for x86 platforms mailed to you at no charge.
Solaris Express Developer Edition: Provides a modern desktop environment for Solaris, Java, and Web 2.0 application development. With its simplified installation experience coupled with additional support for […]

Mitel Inc. and Sun will be releasing a joint solution that combines a Sun Ray thin client with a Mitel IP desk phone to be accessed via a Java-based smart card. The Sun Ray Unified IP Client is expected to ship in May at a cost of less than $500, reported Matt Hamblen with ComputerWorld.
Stephen […]

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By accessing the web logs, we have determined that the following list of 270 articles were the most popular with subscribers. We have grouped the articles by topic to give you a view of what were the most important news articles for 2007.
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Sun Completes Tape Out of […]

Sun delivered two presentations at VMworld 2007. They are now available on-line as high-quality MP3s and PDFs. Note that a free registration is required. The presentations are

Sun Virtual Desktop Solutions in Theory and in Real World Deployments
Proven Virtualization Scalability with VMware Infrastructure 3

Here are the outlines of the two Sun Presentations:
Sun Virtual Desktop Solutions in […]

Agfa Healthcare will be using the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstations and Sun Fire X2100 M2 server for its IMPAX digital imaging platform with the integrated visualization solution, Voxar 3D Enterprise, from Barco.
These Sun systems were selected following a successful proof of concept trial that flaunted their multiple graphics cards capabilities in accelerating server-based rendering, […]

The Sun xVM Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 1.0 is now available for download. The product page and 4-page data sheet provide more details. Note that the s/w download and updated product page are using the “brand” of xVM, while the slightly older data sheet and the September 11th press release used the same name […]

Sun announced the Sun Ultra 24 Workstation, a single socket (dual or quad core) Intel workstation - the first Intel based Sun workstation since the Sun 386i (1988). Dual core configurations start at $995, quad core at about $2,400. Sun is targeting the high-end, technical professional with this family of workstations. High-end […]