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• SMB server buying guide: The major players

  Today's server offerings are no longer strictly tailored for the enterprise. As the small to medium business (SMB) sector become more IT dependent, tier one vendors are beginning to package server solutions for the mid-market.

• Oracle making Java, Solaris certifications pricier

  Later this year, Oracle will begin requiring people interested in gaining Java and Solaris certifications to attend "hands-on" training courses, at an additional cost of thousands of dollars.

• Oracle moves Sun docs, sparking user debate

  Oracle's recent move to switch Sun Microsystems documentation to Oracle support infrastructure has some users up in arms, since the original links currently redirect to a general table of contents.

• The Grill: Oracle's Angus MacDonald

  Computerworld Australia talks to Angus MacDonald, Chief Technology Officer at Oracle's A/NZ Systems Line of Business about the local implications of the Oracle and Sun merger.

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  James Cook University moves away from Compellent, Sun and Storage Tech to IBM's XIV

  Plagued with “exorbitant” maintenance costs due to out of control data growth, Queensland’s James Cook University (JCU) has overhauled its storage area network (SAN) in a $1 million upgrade to IBM’s XIV system.

• Hackers exploit new Java zero-day bug

  Just five days after a Google researcher published information of an unpatched Java bug, a compromised song lyrics site is sending users to a Russian attack server exploiting the flaw to install malware, an antivirus firm said today.

• Sun's Solaris now getting quarterly security patches

  Oracle has moved Solaris onto its quarterly security patch schedule, meaning users of the Sun Microsystems operating system will now know months in advance when they will be getting security updates.

• Enterprises are migrating from Sun to HP

  Recession has made companies more cost-sensitive and this has increased the popularity of solutions from HP, according to two separate research reports by Gabriel Consulting Group and Alinean Inc.

• Server vendors focus on memory in Nehalem-EX servers

  Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance.

• Ex-Sun chief dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs

  Don't expect Jonathan Schwartz to go quietly.

• Sun continues server sale declines in Q409

  Server revenue rebounded in Australia in the final quarter of 2009, with positive year-on-year growth of 21 per cent, according to the latest server market figures from Gartner.

• Sun CEO Schwartz tweets poetic lament on last day

  Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in a message sent via Twitter early Thursday.

• Oracle shutting off Sun project-hosting site

  In the wake of its merger with Sun Microsystems, Oracle is discontinuing access to Project Kenai, which was developed by Sun as an open source project-hosting site.

• Oracle unplugs Sun's virtual world

  Oracle is dropping support for Sun Microsystems' Project Wonderland, a Java-based platform for developing 3-D virtual worlds, according to a Jan. 30 post on the project's official blog.

• Oracle-Sun Merger Could Benefit Small Business

  Small business has reason the cheer Oracle's acquisition of Sun, now that it appears OpenOffice.org and MySQL look to do well--perhaps better--under new ownership.