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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
SUN N1 GRID TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO SAP CUSTOMERS
Deepening its global alliance with SAP AG, Sun Microsystems Inc announced the
Sun Infrastructure Solution for N1 Grid for SAP Solutions, a mix of products,
technologies and services expertise to help SAP customers derive significant
cost savings by further optimizing the infrastructure of its SAP
solutions-based environment.
Leveraging Sun's Solaris Operating System and N1 Grid Container technology,
dedicated servers located across the Network can be virtually pooled together
to help enable customers to manage "N" computers as "1," and curtail the
practice of assigning dedicated servers for a single application. The Sun
Infrastructure Solution provides customers the technology, methodology and
guidance to help accelerate deployment of N1 Grid technology with reduced
customization and faster time to value.
"Today's announcement demonstrates Sun's commitment to take the best
technology on the planet to customers in a whole new way," said Marge Breya,
senior vice president of marketing and global sales operations for Sun
Microsystems. "This is a powerful example of Sun's unique approach to solving
customers' business challenges through innovative technology synergies with
our partners."
Added Breya, "The bond that ties Sun and SAP is our rock solid commitment to
help SAP customers create a competitive business edge by attacking
infrastructure cost and complexity, accelerating network service deployment,
and increasing mobility with security."
In addition, Sun is the Platinum Sponsor of Gt'04. Gt'04 -- a premiere
enterprise Grid computing conference targeting industrial and commercial users
-- will gather experts, and outline strategies and road maps for Grid
deployment. For more information, visit www.gt04.com.
Sun's Infrastructure Solution for N1 Grid for SAP Solutions, scheduled to be
available June 1, includes:
- N1 Grid technology
Sun's N1 Grid technology is designed to allow multiple software applications
to share a common pool of servers and storage resources. By opening up
previously static relationships between hardware, applications, and the
operating system, N1 Grid technology enables flexible provisioning of
resources so that excess capacity can be available to power other applications
in the virtualized Network.
- Solaris Operating System
The newest release of Solaris 9 OS builds on Sun's commitment to help
customers drive down the cost of operations while delivering higher service
levels. Additionally, Solaris Express allows customers begin early usage of
new, innovative enhancements coming to future releases of the Solaris OS,
including N1 Grid Containers, Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) and a cryptographic
framework with process rights management. Such features can help system
administrators achieve higher levels of utilization and performance, and offer
tighter controls for system and data security.
Sun N1 Grid for SAP Solutions Reference Architecture The Sun N1 Grid for SAP Solutions Reference Architecture is a tested, tuned
and fully documented implementation of an optimized SAP workload on the
Solaris Operating System. Designed to drive out cost and complexity in the
data center, the Sun N1 Grid for SAP Solutions Reference Architecture is based
on Sun Fire servers, Sun StorEdge arrays, the Sun Java Enterprise System, SAP
software and third-party infrastructure products.
Proven best-practice and service methodologies Sun expert consultants provide services to address all of the project phases
in Sun's methodology including feasibility planning, assessment, architecture,
implementation, and ongoing management of the environment. Sun N1 Grid
Workshop for SAP Solutions, Sun N1 Grid Justification Review for SAP Solutions
and Sun N1 Grid Architecture Service for SAP Solutions are three new service
offerings in support of today's announcement to make it easy to sell and
deliver globally consistent methodology and best practices.
SunTone audit and certification An audit and certification program to help customers ensure that their IT
services meet the requirements for secure, available, and scalable services,
and can also meet existing service level agreements.
The news precedes NC04-Q2, Sun's next quarterly unveiling of new technology
innovations that further improve the delivery of network services, and follows
the March opening of the Sun Excellence Center for SAP NetWeaver in Walldorf,
Germany. In 2003, the alliance celebrated the opening of the Sun-SAP Joint
Java Technology Center, housed in the Sun iForce Solution Center for SAP, also
in Walldorf.
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a leading
provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at www.sun.com/ .
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