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Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Santa Clara, CA) has announced several new products across systems, storage, and software aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs, while providing increased protection for customer data.
The latest innovations in Sun's portfolio include Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0, a suite of identity management products that ease regulatory compliance concerns by concurrently provisioning user access with access audits; CoolThreads Netra servers with the Solaris 10 OS that provide extreme throughput and energy efficiency in a rack mount or ATCA blade configuration, allowing OEMs to scale for price and performance with 4, 6, or 8 cores and up to 32 threads; Sun StorageTek Crypto-Ready T10000 tape drive, which reduces the risk of exposing data to unauthorized parties, protecting against both off-site and on-premise data loss and enabling secure shipment of data; Sun Fire workgroup servers outfitted with the high-performance UltraSPARC IIIi processors, providing a performance boost of nearly 20 percent; the Sun Ultra 25 Workstation, offering a 300 percent performance increase and key software pre-installed to aid in the development of new applications; and the Sun Secure Application Switch N1216 to help increase performance and security of networks and applications.
Sun also announced it is submitting the Solaris 10 Operating System for evaluation for the highest level security certification. The Solaris 10 OS with Solaris Trusted Extensions is in evaluation for the highest globally recognized level of certification: the Common Criteria Certification Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP) at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL 4+), including 3 Protection Profiles.
"This year Sun's return to New York is highlighted by one word - growth," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and president of Sun Microsystems. "Growth in revenue, growth in market share, growth in software licenses, and growth in developer adoption. It's clear that our commitment to RandD and our investment in innovation on behalf of customers is paying off."
For more information on these new products and services, visit sun.com.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.
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