Comments on: Sun Will Soon Sell Its Own Cloud Services

By: Here’s What Our Demand for Compute Looks Like – GigaOM

Here’s What Our Demand for Compute Looks Like – GigaOM — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:54:25 +0000

[...] Some companies build them in their own data centers but others host them in co-location facilities. Sun’s cloud is based in Switch Communications’ new facility in Las Vegas, for [...]

By: Unisys Offers Enterprises a Security Blanket in the Cloud

Unisys Offers Enterprises a Security Blanket in the Cloud — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:15:08 +0000

[...] distinguish its offerings from those of other vendors such as Sun Microsystems, IBM or Microsoft, Unisys is pitching security. CSC says it is doing the same thing, although it [...]

By: Oracle’s Ellison Rethinks Clouds as Economy Tumbles | Design Website

Oracle’s Ellison Rethinks Clouds as Economy Tumbles | Design Website — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:12:48 +0000

[...] Oracle is buying Sun, and Sun had a true cloud computing strategy that involved building out infrastructure as a service for compute and storage. Maybe once that [...]

By: Oracle’s Ellison Rethinks Clouds as Economy Tumbles

Oracle’s Ellison Rethinks Clouds as Economy Tumbles — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:56:11 +0000

[...] Oracle is buying Sun, and Sun had a true cloud computing strategy that involved building out infrastructure as a service for compute and storage. Maybe once that [...]

By: The GigaOM Interview: Russ Daniels, HP’s Cloud Guru

The GigaOM Interview: Russ Daniels, HP’s Cloud Guru — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:00:57 +0000

[...] or other technology as a service that’s paid for on a per-instance basis. Sun Microsystems plans to launch a cloud later this summer and is working on standards for cloud computing, and IBM is putting out a lot of [...]

By: Sun-IBM Merger Hits A Snag

Sun-IBM Merger Hits A Snag — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:29:39 +0000

[...] two companies, if combined, could become serious players in cloud computing. In March this year, Sun announced plans to sell its own cloud services. In my view, IBM is getting quite a bargain with Sun, though I think a company like Cisco Systems [...]

By: Cloud compliance: Will PCI be applied to cloud computing by the FTC? - IT Compliance Advisor

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:22:43 +0000

[...] like those offered by Amazon, Rackspace’s new CloudServers business, Sun’s planned cloud or platforms such as Microsoft’s [...]

By: As Clouds Reach the Enterprise, Opportunities Are Clear

As Clouds Reach the Enterprise, Opportunities Are Clear — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:01:54 +0000

[...] infrastructure providers like those offered by Amazon, Rackspace’s new CloudServers business, Sun’s planned cloud or platforms such as Microsoft’s [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:19:05 +0000

See link below of what other leaders had to say about the cloud – we polled 15 incumbents/innovators who are driving the cloud – Sun was not one of them.
Amazon, Cisco, IBM, VMWare, RedHat, Citrix, Microsoft, Parallels, Cast Iron, GoGrid, Rightscale, Appistry, Joyent among others all weighed in.

http://www.laurel-group.com/individual_pdf/LaurelGroupThoughtLeaders_Print.pdf

I also attended a recent event that included Sun along with Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Facebook, Yahoo and others – Sun’s cloud story is still developing and was light compared to the others. They have some catching up to do if they’re going to make an impact here.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:35:18 +0000

I hope our CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 will work with SUN cloud storage with minimal or no modifications. I am glad there are more players in the cloud market and it would be an expected move from a company like SUN

By: virtual web symphony

virtual web symphony — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:50:20 +0000

Clouds are gonna stay. But quality has to be very high.

By: virtual web symphony

virtual web symphony — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:48:23 +0000

It was expected. But all clouds providers have to maintain very good standards. Or else, people would lose faith. All majors should join hands and synergise their operations for credibility and interoperatbility.

By: Sun Shareholders and Jonathan Schwartz: Take the Money! « SmoothSpan Blog

Sun Shareholders and Jonathan Schwartz: Take the Money! « SmoothSpan Blog — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:05:19 +0000

[...] get someone onto the platform. Alas, the winds shifted and another opportunity was lost. I note Sun is promising they’re back, but its years later, and this business with IBM will bury that news in short [...]

By: Jeffrey McManus

Jeffrey McManus — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:49:01 +0000

Well, if Sun really thinks that cloud computing is nothing new, it’s proof that they don’t get it (again).

Cloud computing may be nothing new from a technical perspective. But it’s a disruptive business model, one that attacks the core of what they do (i.e., sell big chunks of hardware to companies who then fail to utilize 100% of the capacity they’ve paid dearly for).

By: Why IBM Should Buy Sun: Cloud Services

Why IBM Should Buy Sun: Cloud Services — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:28:46 +0000

[...] Sun announced today that it will offer cloud computing and cloud storage. IBM doesn’t have this, but in a chat yesterday, Drew Clark, director of [...]

By: sathyashankara bhat

sathyashankara bhat — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:16:21 +0000

I really could not make out Sun’s strategies here. Some time back Sun joined hands with Amazon to roll out Open Solaris Amazon Machine Images with support etc. IBM is moving to Amazon Cloud. Microsoft Windows Servers are available on Amazon cloud too.
It will be interesting to see, what are the operating systems that would get supported by Sun’s cloud computing.

However, its good to see multiple clouds from for many good reasons.I think its time to define a protocol or Uniform API layers to manage these clouds in future.