June 18, 2012 11:47 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Oracle server hardwareNot long after Oracle agreed to acquire Sun Microsystems in 2009, its hardware story went something like this: Commodity servers have low profit margins, while big servers that Oracle took to calling...
September 26, 2011 1:46 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Oracle server hardware,
Oracle Sparc,
Oracle Sun,
SuperClusterOracle will announce a new Sparc T4-based SuperCluster on Monday in an effort to fight for share of the multibillion-dollar Unix server market.
The SuperCluster T4-4, as it is called, will run Solaris on top of the new Sparc T4 processor. The T4 is a 40-nanometer, eight-core CPU that is expected...
June 23, 2011 9:56 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Oracle revenue,
Oracle server hardwareOracle announced its fourth-quarter earnings today, with every division reporting increased revenue except for hardware systems.
Oracle tried to put a positive spin on Oracle Sun hardware, saying there are now more than 1,000 Oracle Exadata machines installed. Among them are big companies like...
February 28, 2011 4:58 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Oracle server hardwareGartner's recent server numbers for the fourth quarter of 2010 show a stark difference between Oracle and the rest of the major server hardware vendors. Just about everyone else's revenue is rising while Oracle's continues to...
December 8, 2010 3:03 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
blade servers,
Oracle server hardware,
SparcOracle today rolled out two new blade servers. One is an Intel Xeon-based blade, while the other has Sparc T3 processors. Here are the specs:
Intel Xeon blade (Sun Blade...
December 2, 2010 2:41 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Oracle server hardwareAccording to the most recent Gartner worldwide server numbers, Oracle was the only major server vendor to see a year-over-year server revenue drop in the third calendar quarter. Take a look:
Table 1
Worldwide: Server Vendor...
