Sun buys data centre virtualisation

Sun Microsystems hopes to bolster its N1 data centre virtualisation capabilities with the agreement it signed to acquire CenterRun, reports eWeek.

US-based CenterRun makes the One-Touch Provisioning System, which enables companies to install software on their data centre resources. The company was also a partner in Sun`s iForce program.

Sun`s N1 initiative is aimed at automating the workings in a data centre, providing a view of the resources as a single system.

MySQL, the open source database-maker, is joining forces with two players in the field of clusters, Veritas Software and SGI, reports eWeek.

The Veritas connection will integrate, market and support MySQL Veritas` Cluster Server. MySQL will offer a Veritas-qualified MySQL agent on Cluster Server, designed to help MySQL users maximise system availability and performance.

MySQL is also joining forces with SGI to put the MySQL database on the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and super clusters. The pairing is designed to power heavy-load, high-performance database applications. The joint technology offerings will be previewed at LinuxWorld in San Francisco in August.

As part of a broad new pitch to consumers, Hewlett-Packard is planning the largest consumer-product introduction in its history, reports CNet. The company has scheduled an 11 August event in New York where CEO Carly Fiorina will outline the new push, which will focus on linking HP`s broad portfolio of technology, from PCs to printers to cameras.

For some months now, the company has been developing a broad strategy that is known internally as "Radically Simple, Better Together". The idea is to make HP products easier to use than rival products and so effective when used together that customers stay with the company`s offerings when buying different types of devices.