11 March 2010
Thursday
Hitachi Data Systems chief technical officer, Hu Yoshida, discusses his take on the future of Hitachi Data Systems with regards to Sun, future plans, and upcoming challenges.
When Oracle announced the Exadata 1 over a year ago, it drew little interest from media. But following the acquisition of Sun by Oracle and the launched of Exadata 2, now the numbers are starting to look interesting. So much so that IBM launched a new solution aimed squarely at Oracle's Exadata.
When Larry Ellison and company announced their storage strategy on Jan 27, it started to become clear that not everyone in the former Sun storage product portfolio will survive. To be sure, nothing is set in stone as yet but if you read Oracle's storage roadmap, you can see the cracks forming right under the OEM suppliers of Sun storage.
Oracle executives state their intentions to keep on using Sun products lines to complete their disk and tape business.
The Sun Microsystems implosion into Oracle is finally getting the push it needs. EU regulators have given their nod to the deal so Oracle head honchos will be meeting in days to iron out the new battle plan. It would be interesting to see what remains and what goes. Here are my few thoughts plus excerpt from the former heads at Sun.
Brocade SAN gets Oracle certification; Dot Hill Systems ship STEC SSDs; Permabit gets CommVault certification.
Apple discontinues to integration of Sun's Zettabyte File System; a post on an Open Solaris mailing list details a possible reason.
The Exadata 2 is meant to support OLTP, putting it in direct competition with product lines from Hitachi and IBM.
Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystem continues to plough along its path. Apparently, stories are circulating that Oracle management is having no luck looking for potential buyers of Sun's hardware business. Who wants to buy a floundering storage unit?
Sun says its commitment to mainframe tape is "unwavering," although Oracle will determine the platform's future. Brings out VSM5e virtual tape library (VTL) and other enhancements.
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The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.
Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.
