Startup Essentials

What's a thumper?

I get to talk to startups all the time -- one of the wonderful aspects of my job -- and often the conversation is about what Sun hardware can do for them. Given half a chance, I always mention the X4500 (aka Thumper). Twin dual-core Opterons, 16 GB memory, and 24 TB of storage...just the right amount of disk for a growing Web 2.0 company. When I mention all this, and reveal the Startup Essentials program price, it usually take a moment before there's a reaction on the other end of the phone. But it always includes a "Wow, can you tell me more about this?"
Infoworld just published a glowing review. Sun has a detailed video overview posted on YouTube: part one and part two.

Posted at 01:41PM Jun 10, 2007 by sunstartupessentials in Sun  |  Comments[0]