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  Skies clear for Sun/Oracle in local server market: Analysts

  Asia Pacific proved the only growth area for Sun servers last year as end users came to grips with the company's acquisition by Oracle, according to analysts.

  By Hamish Barwick | 25 January, 2011 11:52

  Tags: oracle, servers, Sun Microsystems, x86 server market, x86 servers

• Oracle's ambitious plans for integrating Sun's technology

  Oracle has presented an overview of its ambitions for its newly acquired Sun products, focusing on integrated systems offering everything from the application to the database, servers and storage.

  By Paul Krill | 28 January, 2010 07:18

  Tags: mysql, oracle, solaris, sun, x86 server market

• Intel ahead of schedule with new Xeon server chips

  Intel is set to start production of its next-generation Xeon quad-core server chips ahead of schedule, which could then appear in systems as early as the first quarter of next year, a company official said on Tuesday.

  By Agam Shah | 23 September, 2009 12:32

  Tags: cpu, Intel, x86 server market, xeon

• HP offers SSDs in ProLiant server line

  HP has announced it will offer 60GB and 120GB solid-state disk (SSD) drives as an option across the full range of HP ProLiant G6 servers, as well as in select ProLiant G5 servers.

  By Lucas Mearian | 18 September, 2009 07:23

  Tags: HP, ProLiant, samsung, x86 server market

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  IBM bundles x86 servers with VMware, offers special financing

  IBM is bundling its x86 servers with VMware's newest virtualization platform, and offering financing packages to lower upfront costs.

  By Jon Brodkin | 02 July, 2009 08:11

  Tags: IBM, virtualisation, VMware, x86 server market

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  Vendors pitch stripped-down servers to giant Web properties

  The explosion of giant Web properties has server vendors building a new kind of machine that is stripped down to the bare essentials and optimized for cost- and energy-efficiency, analysts say.

  By Jon Brodkin | 11 June, 2009 08:02

  Tags: HP, servers, virtualisation, x86 server market

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  Server revenue declined sharply in Q1, IDC says

  A precipitous fall in worldwide server shipments triggered a sharp decline in revenue for server makers during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said in a survey released on Thursday.

  By Agam Shah | 29 May, 2009 08:06

  Tags: IDC, servers, x86 server market, x86 virtualisation

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  The downfall of Sun Microsystems

  Oracle's surprising US$7.4 billion deal to purchase Sun this week gives Larry Ellison and crew a big stake in the hardware market as well as control over Java and other well-known open source technologies. But it also spells the end of an independent Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies.

  By Jon Brodkin | 27 April, 2009 08:48

  Tags: IBM, Java, larry ellison, oracle, Oracle-Sun merger, solaris, Sun Microsystems, x86 server market