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NBN Co to expand access, identity systems 
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NBN Co to expand access, identity systems
By Ry Crozier | Oct 19, 2012 | Comment Now 
Signs contract worth more than $2m.
 
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Storage
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By Brett Winterford | Apr 9, 2009 | Comment Now 
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IBM/Sun Microsystems deal breaks down 
Hardware
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Opinion: Now is not the time to lose faith in R&D  
Strategy
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By James Woodhuysen | Mar 26, 2009 | Comment Now 
If regulators get the better of innovators, it will only serve to prolong the recession.
 
Sun bundles drive virtualisation into SMB market 
Hardware
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Sun Microsystems has created two hardware and software bundles as part of an initiative to drive server virtualisation downstream into the SMB space.
 
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Software
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Training & Development
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By Sylvie Barak | Nov 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
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Sun Microsystems slumps to US$1.68bn loss 
Networking
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By Tom Young | Nov 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
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Sun Microsystems boosts its Fire and Blade systems 
Networking
Sun Microsystems boosts its Fire and Blade systems
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Sun Microsystems has unveiled new Sun Fire and Sun Blade systems powered by AMD Quad-Core Opteron processors.
 
Sun's 'macrochips' to extend Moore's Law 
Hardware
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By Liz Tay | Mar 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
Forget the shrinking size of conventional electronic components -- bigger is better in a new computer chip design that could yield low-cost supercomputing.
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