Virtual Box 3.0 released; Reddit fans are excited!

Look at it yourself.
and here are the features

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:
* Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see chapter 3.7.2.2 of the user manual)
* Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications [...]

VDI joint-venture: Sun and Ringcube integrate desktop virtualization stuff

Sun’s SunRay technology is pretty cool and is definitely the best stuff to look at, after all Sun has been using it for a long time for its corporate employees.

The partnership will bring to enterprises that are using Sun’s Sun Ray VDI technology the ability to more effectively and cheaply roll out personalized virtual desktops, [...]

Oracle/Sun releases Virtual Box 3 beta with cool gaming level graphics!

Well it has loads of stuff that will make you wonder someday: “Why didn’t we invest in Virtual Box’s OVF strategy to deploy our Cloud desktop/instances?”
Version 3.0 will be a major update. The following major new features were added:

Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only)
Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D [...]

Oracle’s play at JavaOne: Build office suite from OpenOffice using JavaFX

I told many of my analyst buddies to wait a few weeks before making any of the WTF statements on:
“Why did Oracle grab Sun?”
“Why did Oracle go for Virtual Iron?”
“Why will Oracle go for Quest/VMlogix?”*
* Speculative Forecast
Java’s acquisition and quick big-daddy forward-looking announcement say one thing for sure:
Larry knows, like all of us in the [...]

Oracle Chief Ellison suggests Oracle netbooks are underway?

This is what you get when you piss big software houses. Now Larry, irrespective of what Oracle will eventually deliver, has Sun a silicon valley darling with new-found love and loads of goodies under his hood, to make any statement that can throw competitors off-guard.
That could mean a lot of things to lot of people. [...]

Oracle buys Sun!

“We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle’s earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We estimate that the acquired business will contribute over $1.5 billion to Oracle’s non-GAAP operating profit in the first year, increasing to over $2 billion in the second year. [...]

IBM Sun saga: Sun’s stock tumbles as things get confrontational!

WSJ was the one’s who started off with this buzz. Some are already speculating and asking if someone should go to jail for starting all this up and for having done the following:
- First helping Sun sky-rocket the stock price to more than 80%
- Then make everyone else fight in all sorts of camps as [...]

IBM, Sun merger announcement coming on Monday, 6th April 2009

Denverpost is reporting:
IBM intends to pay between $9 and $10 a share for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun, said the person, who declined to be named late Thursday as the talks are still underway. At those prices, it would be the largest acquisition in IBM’s history.
Both companies have major operations in Colorado. IBM employs about [...]

IBM’s Sun acquisition could increase its lead in Storage and Server market!

According to this print screen of Gartner, this could put IBM at a stronger #1 in Server market and #2 in Storage market. Then IBm would have duly responded to Cisco’s move. Dell would seriously have to consider its position, HP would be forced to work on its numbers and EDS digestion and not to [...]

IBM in talks to buy Sun for $6.5Bn

Well Cisco’s announcement will lead to much bigger and mega M&A. More market consolidation will happen as we move towards the Cloud Computing.
Any deal would likely bring very close scrutiny from regulatory authorities, given both firm’s roles in the server, storage and systems software markets.
The Journal goes on to claim Sun has been hawking itself [...]