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 yearsCEO: Scott McNeally, 46 years “Manager of the Year 1995” “Manager of the Year 1995” Headquarters: Mountain View, CA - USAHeadquarters: Mountain View, CA - USA Employees: Employees: Revenue: 9,8 Billion USD (FY1998)Revenue: 9,8 Billion USD (FY1998) R & D: 10 % RevenueR & D: 10 % Revenue
Sun’s Vision: 1980’ The Network is the Computer 2000’
“ 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
Sun: Open Network Computing Leader Hardware:Hardware: - UltraSPARC: RISC Technology Leader - No.1 RISC Sales - No.1 Internet Platform
Sun: Open Network Computing Leader Software:Software: - Solaris:UNIX OS Leader - Solstice:Network Management Systems Leader - Java:Network Computing Base “The Third IT Revolution” “The Third IT Revolution”
Sun - Platform of Choice Data Warehouse, Data MiningData Warehouse, Data Mining MIS/MRPMIS/MRP CAD/CAM/CAECAD/CAM/CAE InternetInternet More than ApplicationsMore than Applications
Sun - Recognized IT Leader Workgroup & Data Center Servers UE2 - “Best Internet Server Award” - CNET’97UE2 - “Best Internet Server Award” - CNET’97 UE “Product of the Year” - InfoWorld’97UE “Product of the Year” - InfoWorld’97 UE Best Enterprise RISC Server - Network MagazineUE Best Enterprise RISC Server - Network Magazine UE Best of Show FOSE’97 - GNCUE Best of Show FOSE’97 - GNC
Sun - Best of Performance UE Best Web Server Perf. SPECweb96UE Best Web Server Perf. SPECweb96 UE % TPC-C over any HP, DEC, IBM server in the same categoryUE % TPC-C over any HP, DEC, IBM server in the same category UE OLTP Record on SAP R/3UE OLTP Record on SAP R/3
Best of Technology: Sun HPC Servers (High Performance Computing) Second to CRAY on Top500
Sun Microsystems in 1998 Nb 1 on UNIX Servers MarketNb 1 on UNIX Servers Market Nb 1 on UNIX Worstations MarketNb 1 on UNIX Worstations Market Dataquest Report, September ‘98
Technical Awards 1998 Solaris Operating System Product of the Year PlugIn Datamation 1998 JavaStudio - Info Vision Award 1998 Java WorkShop Award of Excellence Society of Tehnical Communications
Sun Initiatives % Pure Java Certification - free for 3 months100% Pure Java Certification - free for 3 months over 400 Java applications certified Solaris Free for Non-Commercial UseSolaris Free for Non-Commercial Use over 1,000,000 demands in 3 months
Sun Microsystems Special Approach for Academic Environment
Sun for Universities Special FacilitiesSpecial Facilities SunSITESunSITE (Software, Information & Technology Exchange) SunTRECSunTREC (Technology & Research Excellence Centers) Collaborative Research ProgramCollaborative Research Program
Academic Special Facilities Special Academic DiscountSpecial Academic Discount ScholarPACScholarPAC AEG (Academic Equipment Grant)AEG (Academic Equipment Grant)
SunSITE Global easy access to free softwareGlobal easy access to free software Repository for Sun technologies informationRepository for Sun technologies information Repository for local/national key-informationRepository for local/national key-information Development of new Internet software toolsDevelopment of new Internet software tools Launch of the newest internet-based applicationsLaunch of the newest internet-based applications
Sun SITE Romania: Server Sun Enterprise 3000: 1 Procesor UltraSPARC RISC 64-bit (up to 6)1 Procesor UltraSPARC RISC 64-bit (up to 6) 256 MB Memorie RAM (up to 6 GB )256 MB Memorie RAM (up to 6 GB ) 20GB Hot-Swap Disks (up to 42GB)20GB Hot-Swap Disks (up to 42GB) 2.6 GB Transfer Rate (Gigaplane I/O)2.6 GB Transfer Rate (Gigaplane I/O) Over 5000 users supportedOver 5000 users supported (located at “Politechnica” University, Bucharest)
Sun - The Right Choice for Advanced Technologies Right VisionRight Vision Successful Proven-Track-RecordSuccessful Proven-Track-Record Sustained StrategySustained Strategy