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Upgrade and Save up to 15%

Pick to Order (PTO) configurations are available for Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server with new 2.75GHz SPARC64 VII Processor. The newly enhanced server also offers a new 667MHz DIMMs X-option. The M3000 is only available in PTO configurations, therefore upgrading from the 2.52GHz processor to the 2.75GHz processor requires purchasing a new 2.75GHz system. Trade-in allowances for Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are available for up to 15%.

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Portfolio Adds New Technologies to Price List

The Sun Partner Advantage Program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) has some new development hardware offerings that include Sun Ultra 27 Assemble to Order (ATO); Sun Fire X2270, X4170 X4270, and X4275 Servers ATO; standard configurations for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000, T5120, T5140, T5220, and T5240 Servers; among others. As part of this program, qualified Sun partners are able to purchase products, such as these, at discounted rates.

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Oracle’s PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9 Self-service Benchmark Puts Iron to the Test

Using three Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Servers and a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server, Sun conducted a self-service benchmarking exercise involving Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resources Management System (HRMS) 8.9 whose results demonstrate superior performance in most considerations over a similar exercise using a configuration involving the IBM z990 2084-C24 and eServer pSeries p690 servers, which was conducted separately. Giri Mandalika blogs on the results.

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Can Save M3000 Users Money on Oracle Licensing Fees

Customers can save money on licensing fees with the new one dual-core SPARC64 VII processor for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 server. This latest edition to the M3000 product category, the dual-core, single CPU system reduces the number of Oracle licenses required and allows for greater customer choice and flexibility in managing Oracle licensing costs.

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