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- Sun Case Study: Transmeta Corporation
- Grids are essential to microprocessor manufacturing, where heavy workloads demand sophisticated, efficient computing for advanced design and speedy time to market. But IT management at Transmeta Corporation-a pioneer in developing cutting-edge microprocessors for mobile computing-discovered that not all grid technology delivers the same results. Frustrated by interruptions in workflow, difficulties...
- Tags: Transmeta Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun N1 Grid Engine, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components
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- ARCO: N1 Grid Engine 6 - Accounting and Reporting Console
- The Accounting and Reporting Console (ARCO) is a module found exclusively in the N1 Grid Engine product from Sun Microsystems. It provides a comprehensive way to collect and analyze extensive detailed statistics of usage on the Grid. It monitors user behavior, to see if those resources being requested are actually...
- Tags: Accounting, Console, Sun N1, Sun Microsystems Inc., ARCO, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Migration From Platform Computing's Load Sharing Facility to sun n1 grid engine Software
- This paper presents a case study covering Transmeta's migration process from Platform Computing's Load Sharing Facility (LSF 4.0.1) to Sun N1 Grid Engine 6 software (N1GE6). Transmeta initially started experimenting with the open source version of Grid Engine (SGE5.3.x) for a period of time and subsequently decided to upgrade to...
- Tags: Software, Sun N1, Transmeta Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Platform Computing Inc., Migration, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Sun's N1 Grid Engine Increases Return on Assets (ROA) Quickly for Sun IT Operations
- Sun's IT operations are just like many of Sun's customers-under pressure to get more out of their significant existing computing resources. An opportunity was identified in Sun's desktop server environment, powered by innovative Sun Ray technology, which processes thin client user sessions for all campuses. Since many of these servers...
- Tags: Sun N1, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Clients, Servers, Hardware
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- World-Renowned Genome Research Facility Relies on Sun to Provide Cost-Efficient High-Performance Compute Grid
- The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to deciphering and analyzing genomes - the complex molecular chains that constitute each organism's unique genetic heritage. The company's challenge was to improve performance of compute grid to accommodate compute-intensive research to reduce IT expenses to maintain internal cost...
- Tags: Genome, Sun Microsystems Inc., High-performance Computing, Grid, Biotechnology, Leadership, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-01
- Sun's N1 Grid Enables EDS to Deliver Major Cost Savings
- Founded in 1962, as Electronic Data Systems Corporation, EDS is now the world's largest IT outsourcing services company - a position it has achieved through its world-class technical infrastructure and the experience and skills of its people. In one of the first installations to combine Sun's N1 Grid vision and...
- Tags: Sun N1, Sun Microsystems Inc., SAP AG, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Sun N1 Grid, It Services, Outsourcing, Network Administration, Strategy, Servers, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Networking, Management, Hardware
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- Sun Microsystems Case Study: Grid Technology
- Founded in 1995, Axyz Animation, Inc. is a small-to-medium size shop that specializes in digital special effects for commercials, television series, and films. The company needed a flexible solution that didn't require re-inventing the wheel as far as distributed processes went, and yet was flexible enough for the company to...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun ONE, Linux, UNIX, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
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- Sun's N1 Grid Architecture Enables EDS to Deliver Cost Savings
- EDS is the world's largest IT outsourcing services company. EDS had the aim to provide a highly scalable solution that will allow for future growth, whilst also reducing the complexity, and significantly reducing the client's total IT costs. EDS chose Sun's N1 Grid solution. Sun's N1 Grid architecture has enabled...
- Tags: Sun N1, Sun Microsystems Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Infrastructure, Sun N1 Grid Architecture, It Services, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Outsourcing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
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- Envisioning the Future Topologies of Network Computing
- Dr. Aaron Striegel, assistant professor of the University of Notre Dame's Computer Science and Engineering Department, uses a Grid Infrastructure from Sun Microsystems to research the characteristics of new computer network topologies and protocols. The challenge was to create a scalable Grid Computing infrastructure with the flexibility, availability, and capacity...
- Tags: Network, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network Computing, Productivity, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Networking, It service Management
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- The Sun Grid Solution: Deploying Grid Computing for Competitive Advantage
- Along with the increasing demand for computing resources, the growth of grid computing has been fueled by availability of powerful, compact, and inexpensive rack-optimized systems such as the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers. Nevertheless, Sun understands that effective grid computing infrastructure requires much more than racks of...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Competitive Advantage, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Sun Servers and Oracle Grid
- In the emerging world of enterprise grids, Sun and Oracle are combining their resources, expertise, and technologies to make enterprise grids useful through their support for rapid deployment, testing and benchmarking, and ongoing maintenance and operations. Sun's support for Oracle's 10g products extends across its hardware line, comprising both RISC-based...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Server, International Data Group, Sun Solaris, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Grid Technology Case Study
- When it comes to business relationships, the one between Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Ford Motor Company has always been solid. Like other companies in the automotive industry, Ford was asking its IT departments company-wide to cut costs, while still ensuring the company's standards of quality remained high. Sun's sales and...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Ford Motor Co., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Sun plugs software into the grid
- Sun Microsystems' internal IT department has begun testing a handful of ERP applications on the Sun Grid, which the company intends to offer to customers next month. Sun is betting on its new software-oriented outsourcing services to drive server and software sales through utility computing.Do you think utility computing will...
- Tags: erp, grid computing, it management, software, Sonja Thompson, sun grid, Sun Microsystems Inc., utility computing
- Discussion threads 2005-08-24
- University of Nottingham and Sun Microsystems Streamline Computing and Allinea Software; Unveil Second Largest Academic Computer System in Europe
- The University of Nottingham selected Sun Microsystems and Streamline Computing to build a multi-million pound 500+ node central compute grid which will provide the University with three teraflops of peak computational performance. The new grid built using AMD Opteron processor-based Sun Fire V20z servers ranks as the second largest academic...
- Tags: Streamline, Sun Microsystems Inc., University Of Nottingham, Computing, Productivity, Software Development, Processors, Servers, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- A Novel Architecture for Realizing Grid Workflow Using Tuple Spaces
- Grid workflow can be defined as the composition of grid application services which execute on heterogeneous and distributed resources in a well-defined order to accomplish a specific goal. Uncertainties within grid environments pose new challenges for grid workflow management systems such as lacking central control and undedicated resource sharing. This...
- Tags: University Of Melbourne, Workflow, Workflow Engine, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers
- Grid Solutions From Sun and Oracle
- Sun and Oracle have had a 20+ year partnership in providing network computing solutions and database solutions to the marketplace. Now the partnership is entering a new stage as it aligns to deliver best of breed grid solutions. This webcast highlights the many new areas of innovation in the Sun/Oracle...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Network Computing, Thin Clients, Business Structures, Hardware, Finance
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- Sun bangs utility computing drum
- Sun Microsystems is expected to update its vision of utility computing Tuesday. In what the company is calling its Sun Grid, storage would cost $1 per gigabyte per month. The service is scheduled to be available by early April, and may be offered at lower prices for customers willing to...
- Tags: Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., utility computing
- Discussion threads 2005-02-01
- Sun Java EE Engine: Bridging Java EE Web Services and JBI Components
- The Sun Java EE Engine is a JSR 208 compliant Java Business Integration (JBI) runtime component that connects Java EE web services to JBI components. It is essentially designed to act as a bridge between the application server and the JBI runtime environment, facilitating interaction between Java EE components and...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, Sun Java EE Engine, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Aquatica engine (exe)
- Aquatica engine can be used to simplify the implementation of water surfaces in application with DirectX9 graphics. Key features of the engine: Water surface approximation using heightmaps. Heightmaps can be generated in realtime using FFT or Perlin noise. Generation of normalmaps - Generation of geometry: simple grid, geomipmap grid, radial...
- Tags: Engine, Editor
- Software downloads 2007-05-02
- Developing Grid Computing Applications, Part 2: Introduction to a Grid Architecture and Toolkit for Building Grid Solutions
- A Grid solution is created to allow applications to share data and computing resources as well as access them across multiple organizations in an efficient way. Each Grid solution can be configured as two kinds of Grids: physical and logical. This paper introduces the concept of Grid solution architecture and...
- Tags: Solution, Grid Computing, IBM Corp., Grid Solution, Outsourcing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2002-12-03
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