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Sun Contribution to Advanced Educational Technologies

Sun Contribution to Advanced Educational Technologies. Laura LĂZĂROIU Marketing Manager, ROMSYS. S tanford u niversity n etwork. 24 Februarie 1982 Mountain View, California Scott McNEALLY, Vinod KHOSLA, Andy BECHTOLSHEIM, Bill JOY. Sun Microsystems. CEO: Scott McNeally, 46 years

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Sun Contribution to Advanced Educational Technologies

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  1. Sun Contribution toAdvanced Educational Technologies Laura LĂZĂROIU Marketing Manager, ROMSYS

  2. Stanforduniversitynetwork 24 Februarie 1982 Mountain View, California Scott McNEALLY, Vinod KHOSLA, Andy BECHTOLSHEIM, Bill JOY

  3. Sun Microsystems • CEO: Scott McNeally, 46 years • “Manager of the Year 1995” • Headquarters: Mountain View, CA - USA • Employees: 16.000 • Revenue: 9,8 Billion USD (FY1998) • R & D: 10 % Revenue

  4. Sun’s Vision: 1980’ The Network is the Computer 2000’

  5. “ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, IBM,1943 “ There is no reason anyone will want a computer in their home… the PC is a toy.” Ken Olson Digital,1977 “ 640 KB ought to be enough for anybody.” “ The internet is a fad.” Bill Gates, Microsoft, 1983, 1993 Famous Predictions

  6. Sun: Open Network Computing Leader • Hardware: - UltraSPARC: RISC Technology Leader - No.1 RISC Sales - No.1 InternetPlatform

  7. Sun: Open Network Computing Leader • Software: - Solaris: UNIX OS Leader - Solstice: Network Management Systems Leader - Java: Network Computing Base “The Third IT Revolution”

  8. Sun - Platform of Choice • Data Warehouse, Data Mining • MIS/MRP • CAD/CAM/CAE • Internet • More than 12.000 Applications

  9. Sun - Recognized IT Leader Workgroup & Data Center Servers • UE2 - “Best Internet Server Award” - CNET’97 • UE3000 - “Product of the Year” - InfoWorld’97 • UE6000 - Best Enterprise RISC Server - Network Magazine • UE 10000 - Best of Show FOSE’97 - GNC

  10. Sun - Best of Performance • UE4000 - Best Web Server Perf. SPECweb96 • UE6000 - 200% TPC-C over any HP, DEC, IBM server in the same category • UE1000 - OLTP Record on SAP R/3

  11. Best of Technology: Sun HPC Servers (High Performance Computing) Second to CRAY on Top500

  12. Sun Microsystems in 1998 • Nb 1 on UNIX Servers Market • Nb 1 on UNIX Worstations Market Dataquest Report, September ‘98

  13. Technical Awards 1998 Solaris 2.6 - Operating System Product of the Year PlugIn Datamation 1998 JavaStudio - Info Vision Award 1998 Java WorkShop 2.0 - Award of Excellence Society of Tehnical Communications

  14. Sun Initiatives 1998 • 100% Pure Java Certification - free for 3 months over 400 Java applications certified • Solaris 2.6 - Free for Non-Commercial Use over 1,000,000 demands in 3 months

  15. Sun Microsystems Special Approach for Academic Environment

  16. Sun for Universities • Special Facilities • SunSITE (Software, Information & Technology Exchange) • SunTREC (Technology & Research Excellence Centers) • Collaborative Research Program

  17. Academic Special Facilities • Special Academic Discount • ScholarPAC • AEG (Academic Equipment Grant)

  18. SunSITE • Global easy access to free software • Repository for Sun technologies information • Repository for local/national key-information • Development of new Internet software tools • Launch of the newest internet-based applications

  19. Sun SITE Romania: Server Sun Enterprise 3000: • 1 Procesor UltraSPARC RISC 64-bit (up to 6) • 256 MB Memorie RAM (up to 6 GB) • 20GB Hot-Swap Disks (up to 42GB) • 2.6 GB Transfer Rate (Gigaplane I/O) • Over 5000 users supported (located at “Politechnica” University, Bucharest)

  20. Sun - The Right Choice for Advanced Technologies • Right Vision • Successful Proven-Track-Record • Sustained Strategy

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