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The National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide $2 million over three years to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to fund its GreenLight project. The GreenLight project will connect scientists and their labs to more energy-efficient 'green' computer processing and storage systems using photonics - light over optical fiber.

The NSF infrastructure grant allows UCSD to purchase two Sun Modular Datacenter S20s (Sun MD), one which has already been installed and the second in the third year of the GreenLight project.

The Sun Modular Datacenter currently deployed on the UC San Diego campus will be instrumented for the GreenLight project - offering full-scale processing and storage in order to test how to make computing more energy-efficient. As a modular technology, Sun MD makes it easy for customers to quickly start up new projects like this one or easily scale their datacenter to efficiently take on new work.

The Sun Modular Datacenter is the epitome of 'energy-efficiency'.

Accommodating up to 280 servers with its eco-friendly design, Sun MD can reduce cooling costs by up to 40 percent.

Eliminating the need for air-conditioning , Sun MD's closed-loop water-cooling system uses built-in heat exchanges between equipment racks to channel air flow - allowing the unit to cool 25 kilowatts per rack which is approximately five times the cooling capacity of typical datacenters.

The industry-standard racks can also be placed close together, reducing the overall eco-footprint of the structure and increasing energy efficiency by the elimination of dead space.

To learn more about Sun Modular Datacenter S20, visit: www.sun.com/sunmd.

Sun adds another degree of connection with LinkedIn

LinkedInShowing its continued momentum in the Web 2.0 space, Sun today announced that LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site, has selected a three-year subscription to Sun’s MySQL enterprise database to support the company’s rapid growth. With a network of more than 25 million professionals in more than 170 industries from around the globe and many more joining daily, LinkedIn turned to Sun when it recognized the need to increase the speed and performance of the open source database that powers its public Web site. LinkedIn uses Sun technologies for much of existing IT infrastructure, including the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) and Sun SPARC Enterprise servers. The company also tapped Sun for Solaris Everywhere and MySQL professional services to plan and assist with the upgraded MySQL database deployment, which was completed within just two weeks of signing the deal. More information is available below:

Check out more at: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-07/sunflash.20080728.1.xml 

Last week, Sun went live with 2 significant changes to its North American Channel Program that will better position partners of all sizes to drive growth. Channel partners are critical to Sun’s overall business strategy with the channel driving roughly 70% of Sun’s global revenue.  

According to Sun's Vice President of North American Partner Sales, Tom Wagner, the pathway to growth is through our partners.  Click here to hear Tom discuss the new Partner First and the National Coverage models and why they are so beneficial to partners.

Partner First Sales Model – Sun is moving to a 100% channel-led sales model outside of the company's top 300 named accounts, opening up thousands of accounts for partners.

National Coverage Model – Provides partners with a single window into Sun, a Sun contact that can better focus on their needs and help grow their business on a national scale.

For more information go to www.sun.com/partners