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SANTA CLARA, CA February 26, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today highlighted new software updates and record-breaking performance of its chip multi-threaded (CMT) Sun SPARC Enterprise server family running the Solaris Operating System (OS). With updated virtualization software, a new world record on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark, and double-digit revenue growth, Sun’s CMT server portfolio continues to provide customers with competitive advantage while reducing cost and power consumption. The numerous advantages of Sun CMT servers over IBM Power systems are at http://www.sun.com/coolthreads/migratetosun/ibm/realitycheck. Sun is also extending free 60-day trials on Sun servers with CoolThreads technology via its Try and Buy program at: http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy.

“Sun CMT servers pack in an incredible amount of innovation with UltraSPARC processors, Solaris and LDoms, giving customers a killer combination of performance, scale, and energy efficiency,” said John Fowler, executive vice president, System Group, Sun Microsystems. “This platform is a complete package built for virtualization and consolidation with massive cost savings in power, space and cooling. And with double-or-triple digit growth for 10 consecutive quarters, CMT servers are what customers want and need in these challenging times.”

Sun’s servers with CoolThreads technology feature built-in, open source virtualization at no additional cost via Solaris Containers and Sun Logical Domains (LDoms) software, making them an ideal platform for consolidating hundreds of existing enterprise class workloads onto a single system. Sun has released the latest version of its Sun LDoms software, which features the following advanced capabilities:

Check out this article from Sun talking about their achievements, very cool and fantastic results. I’m off to read up more.

As with any statement about environmental things, do remember to consider your environment and the way the application is coded. The server is only as efficient as the application which runs on it.

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