Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc , the
world's No 4 business computer maker, reported lower quarterly
profit on Friday, as it took restructuring charges in the face
of a weak U.S. economy.
PC World - Sun Microsystems' profit dropped sharply for its fourth quarter as the company warned economic troubles in the U.S. would mean... -- read full article
AP - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. tumbled 13 percent Friday after the server and software maker offered up worse-than-expected guidance that reflects the company's dangerous reliance on U.S. sales in a bumpy economy. -- read full article
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. said Friday it is expanding its stock buyback program by $1 billion, an indication that the server maker believes its slumping shares are undervalued. -- read full article
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s profit plunged 73 percent in the most recent quarter as slumping sales to big U.S. companies and restructuring charges weighed on the server and software maker.
PC Magazine - The age of visual networking is upon us, and it could be the most important trend in personal computing in at least a decade. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The agreement includes evaluation, benchmarking, and optimization of software for Intel architecture in Facebook's growing data centers. -- read full article
NewsFactor - To spur the adoption of virtualization, VMware is offering its stand-alone ESXi hypervisor for free. ESXi was built to run virtual machines, minimizing configuration requirements and simplifying deployment, according to the company. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Among the disadvantages of blade servers are proprietary technology and a lack of interoperability standards that tend to lock users to a vendor. -- read full article
Investor's Business Daily - The huge chip industry has underperformed the stock market for most of the past four years, but one chip sector has been on a roll for much of this year: smaller and midsize analog chip companies. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Each of the founding members will host a cloud-computing infrastructure largely based on HP computers and Intel processors in six data centers. -- read full article
NewsFactor - Reports from IT directors and major IT suppliers indicate that the security hole in Internet Domain Name System servers is being patched -- but not everyone, nor every company, is responding quickly. -- read full article
