Since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle, speculation and discussion around Sun has been heated. Sun has been pushing virtualization and cloud computing, particularly through this video campaign.
Oracle recently got onboard with cloud computing and virtualization with the launch of its 50 date global cloud computing roadshow, countering CEO Larry Ellison’s earlier hesitation over the new technology. With this new drive from both the parent company and its new subsidiary, things look set to make virtualization big this year.
Out in the blogosphere, Sun’s latest virtualization offering Virtual Box has been received with hyperactive enthusiasm. Over on Notebooks, writer Rajesh proclaims:
“I believe 2010 is going to be a year of virtualization and cloud computing. There are lots of free Desktop Virtualization alternatives available online, but none of them can come near Virtual Box for a free desktop virtualization tool. VirtualBox is special because it is the only alternative which gives all the standard enterprise features to home users for free!”
Not to be outdone, bloggers at SiliconWhisperer are getting equally excited about VirtualBox. It lists the new product’s features such as Teleportation (live migration), 2D video acceleration for Windows guests, and more flexible storage attachments, as well as saying “What is great about VirtualBox, aside from being a professional quality hypervisor based virtualization solution, is that it is open source. I would say that Sun has made some major advancements overall in their flagship virtualization platform.”
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
IBM bid to steal Sun customers may not be so successful
Since Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems in early January, IBM has boasted of its ability cash in on uncertainty over Sun Microsystems.
IBM has rolled out a new software update for its Migration Factory product, which makes it easier for businesses to transfer from Sun’s infrastructure to IBM’s. IBM also said that the new software update will allow businesses to automate some manual processes that help to accelerate Sun migrations.
The product does this by utilising software code that identifies customers using Sun software, provisions the target IBM environment and streamlines the workload transition.
There are conflicting reports from sellers and customers who claim that IBM’s offering is not making as much of an impact as they claim it is. In Australia, Frontline, one of the country’s most successful resellers of Sun hardware, reports that IBM’s offering has barely been noticed. Amongst Frontline’s customers, 99% of whom are amongst Sun’s top 4,000 users, uncertainty and offers from other companies appear to have had no impact.
Frontline’s general manager Bill Frangeskakis told CRN that IBM have not stolen a single Sun account from Frontline during the Oracle acquisition.
Sun customers should not move too soon though, the opportunities that lie ahead for customers are far greater than the ability of its existing technology.
IBM has rolled out a new software update for its Migration Factory product, which makes it easier for businesses to transfer from Sun’s infrastructure to IBM’s. IBM also said that the new software update will allow businesses to automate some manual processes that help to accelerate Sun migrations.
The product does this by utilising software code that identifies customers using Sun software, provisions the target IBM environment and streamlines the workload transition.
There are conflicting reports from sellers and customers who claim that IBM’s offering is not making as much of an impact as they claim it is. In Australia, Frontline, one of the country’s most successful resellers of Sun hardware, reports that IBM’s offering has barely been noticed. Amongst Frontline’s customers, 99% of whom are amongst Sun’s top 4,000 users, uncertainty and offers from other companies appear to have had no impact.
Frontline’s general manager Bill Frangeskakis told CRN that IBM have not stolen a single Sun account from Frontline during the Oracle acquisition.
Sun customers should not move too soon though, the opportunities that lie ahead for customers are far greater than the ability of its existing technology.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
More spending - Oracle buys HyperRoll
After a long period of acquisition and a slight indication a few months ago that Oracle had completed all its purchases the vendor announces another buy-out.
The plan - to strength Oracle Enterprise Performance management inorder to accelerate financial reporting for a faster close. All this using HyperRoll. This is not so surprising as we have looked very closely at Oracle's updates of late and discovered all the new additions to financial reporting. We will be providing the full insight very soon.Oracle has agreed to acquire certain assets of HyperRoll, a leading provider of financial reporting acceleration solutions.
HyperRoll’s products help improve reporting performance, shrink the close cycle and improve visibility of financial data to line management.
So yet again a best of breed conglomeration going on here. Check our other Oracle purchase stories:
The plan - to strength Oracle Enterprise Performance management inorder to accelerate financial reporting for a faster close. All this using HyperRoll. This is not so surprising as we have looked very closely at Oracle's updates of late and discovered all the new additions to financial reporting. We will be providing the full insight very soon.Oracle has agreed to acquire certain assets of HyperRoll, a leading provider of financial reporting acceleration solutions.
HyperRoll’s products help improve reporting performance, shrink the close cycle and improve visibility of financial data to line management.
The addition of HyperRoll’s assets is expected to improve the ability of customers to rapidly report results with higher confidence and lower compliance costs.
So yet again a best of breed conglomeration going on here. Check our other Oracle purchase stories:
Oracle furthers PeopleSoft technologies
Oracle is no longer just a player
Oracle to sabotage MySQL?
Oracle buys Sun: what happens next?
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