Startups And Communities @ Sun

Wednesday Nov 25, 2009

Startup Bonanza - Roll up and get Enterprise class servers now.....

X4150 with 2 x Quad Core E5450 CPU & 4GB RAM/4 x SAS Drives/2 x PSU

£1,200.00/€1400

X4150 with 2 x Quad Core E5345 CPU & 4GB RAM/4 x HD SAS Drives/2 x PSU

£1,050.00/ €1200

X2200M2: 2x2218 Opteron Dual Core CPUS /8G RAM

£380.00/ €440

X2100 M2: 1 x 1218 Opteron Dual Core/ 2GB MEM

£290.00/ €330

X2100 M2: 1 x 1210 Opteron Dual Core/ 2GB MEM

£260.00/ €300

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Texas anyone? Applications for Digital Mission to South by South West interactive Closing Soon

Digital Mission to SXSWi is back for it's second year after the success of the mission to Austin in March 2009.

The mission to SXSWi is a great opportunity to take advantage of the publicity and profile from a group of British companies attending SXSWi.

The applications for the mission are open until 4th December. The form is pretty painless and shouldn't take more than 20 mins to complete. There's also lots more info about the application criteria on the Digital Mission website.

Plus, there's a melange of features to help develop relationships/partnerships with US companies, look into opening an office stateside and make valuable contacts for the future - not to mention brushing up on your industry knowledge.

Digital Mission provides an opportunity for companies to expand their business or seek investment overseas, organised by Chinwag and the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). Each Digital Mission has a range of activities planned with UKTI's network of consulates, sector experts and local contacts.

South by South West interactive (SXSWi) takes place in Austin, Texas from 12-16th March 2009 and applications are now open until 4th December. The festival features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer.

Applications for the mission are open to UK-based, SMEs operating in the digital sector through a competitive selection process. Successful companies are judged by Digital Mission advisory board, comprising experts from across the digital industry and UKTI sector specialists.

Posted by: Stewart Townsend | Category: Events | Comments [0]

Tuesday Nov 24, 2009

Join Us at the Digital Living Room Summit & Get 20% Off

Join the Sun Startup Essentials team us as we host the 5^th Digital Living Room Summit and Venture Forum on Tuesday, December 15 at our Santa Clara auditorium, produced in association with iHollywood Forum. Sun Startup Essentials members: Get 20% off until December 4th. Contact: startupteam@sun.com to get the discount code.

As we head into 2010, many of the promises of previous years are becoming reality: Internet-enabled television; HD, iTV and soon 3D TV, networked game consoles and subscripion VOD, to name just a few. But many critical questions remain: which technologies will succeed? What will the adoption curve and price points look like?

That's why the fifth annual Digital Living Room, Dec. 15 in Santa Clara, CA, should be on your calendar. One of the oldest conferences about the future of home entertainment, this year's Digital Living Room focuses on 2010 and the technologies most likely to transform consumer experience next year. Why wait for CES when you can get a jump on networking and intelligence-gathering now?

Here's some of what you'll learn about:

• The arrival of 3D television
• Social TV.
• Networked games
• The connected home
• Cloud computing and the living room
• New paradigms for VOD
• Analyst projections for 2010

Hear from visionaries like Bill Binenstock, Vice President and Manager, CBS.com; Brad McManus, Director of Investments, Panasonic; Tushar Saxena, Director of Home Networking Technologies, Verizon Communications; plus top executives from Playstation, EpixHD, Sun, Intel and many more. Plus, you'll get to network and make deals with these people in an intimate environment you'll never find at CES.

For just 48 hours, take advantage of a special rate available of as low as $150 for a basic ticket. Buy a Deluxe ticket for $195 and get a free ticket to our kickoff party in San Francisco on Dec.14 at Blumberg Capital. Register at www.digitallivingroom.eventbrite.com.

Are you an entrepreneur or venture capitalist? Consider joining us for the DLR Venture Forum, a unique platform to pitch for funds and demo your product. To apply, please send an email to zahava@ihollywoodforum.com. For information, call 310.736.4133 or email host Michael Stroud at michael@ihollywoodforum.com.

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UK Networking Events - Hermione shows us the way

This is a posting by Hermione way, from Techfluff.TV one of Sun's Startup Essentials Partners

A comprehensive networking list for any startup, that can help determine where to focus your networking time and energy.

Organizations:

Microsoft Bizpark: A program that provides Software, Support and Visibility for Software Startups. In the UK, Bindi Karia is the woman you want to speak to.

Sun Microsystems: Get discounted servers, open source and discounted software free technical expertise and more, free to join and the man you’re after, the man with the most colorful shirts in London is Stewart Townsend.

SeedCamp: At Seedcamp, they believe Europe has the talent, the role models, and the capital founders needed to succeed. Reshma Sohoni is CEO and here is the Seedcamp twitter account.

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Posted by: Stewart Townsend | Category: Events | Comments [0]

Guest Post: Startup Weekend Bay Area

By Shanti Subramanyam

I attended the Bay Area Startup Weekend in Mountain View this previous week-end. This was the first such event I attended and it was an amazing experience – so I thought I’d share it.

The idea behind the event was that a bunch of folks would show up, some of them would pitch ideas for new startups and the others would join them if they liked the idea and/or had the necessary skills to build it. The goal was to build a working prototype over the course of the week-end. Read more.

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Monday Nov 23, 2009

Seven Ways to Get Your Startup Noticed by the Media

When you officially launch your startup and send out a flurry of press releases, the silence can be deafening while you wait for the phone to ring and reporters to call you. Here are some tips to improve your chances of getting noticed by the media.

1) Make sure your press release stands out, but don't overdo it. A clear, concise, and brief press release that gets your message across without a lot of excess verbiage[Read More]

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Tweetmeme rolls out more features and options - Twitter Advertising

A blog advertised by Nick Halsteqd: "I wanted to share some fascinating numbers on how content gets disseminated across twitter via Retweets, we recently launched our own Analytics package that allows individual stories to be analysed in great detail."[Read More]

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Webinar hébergement nouvelle génération

Le mercredi 2 décembre à 11h00 - heure de Paris - Sun Starup Essentials vous invite à découvrir l'offre de Planet-Work, notre partenaire hébergement.

Frédéric Vannière, Directeur Technique, vous expliquera comment il a mis en oeuvre les fonctionnalités de virtualisation de Solaris et de ZFS pour proposer des packages d'hébergement souples, évolutifs et économiques. En route pour le Cloud Computing !
Inscrivez-vous !

Posted by: Thierry Manfe | Category: FR | Comments [0]

MySQL Cluster Persistent to Disk

I am late following up on a question we got during the Webinar last Wednesday on High Availability for Web appplications. The question was about whether MySQL Cluster is using disks for persistency[Read More]

Posted by: Thierry Manfe | Category: Americas | Comments [0]

How can Sun Startup Essentials help you ? Small Business, Startup we can help you

Sun Startup Essentials - How can Sun Microsystems help you ? from stewart townsend on Vimeo.

Learn how Sun Startup Essentials can help you if you are a company less than 6 years old, with 150 employees or less.

Posted by: Stewart Townsend | Category: Generic | Comments [1]

Jobs, jobs, and more jobs pt2

Following on from my previous job posting here I'm happy to announce some more startup vacancies:

Worldeka hiring an intern for community development Click
Huddle hiring an intern for Commercial experience Click
Jess Ratcliffe is looking for a web designer/coder to join her startup Click
Fabio has a friend looking for a Facebook coder with Flash skills Click
Fabio is looking for PHP Developer with front end skills Click

Let me know @scoobeesnac if you have other startup opportunities

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Roll up, Roll up Servers from £260 - MySQL, Virtualization, Windows, Linux and Solaris - 1RU and all for £1050 - Startups we love you

X4150 Server for Startups - Roll up, Roll up now - Clearance Remanufactured stock for you at silly prices.

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Posted by: Stewart Townsend | Category: Generic | Comments [0]

Thursday Nov 19, 2009

Formation Optimisation MySQL

Désolé, il ne reste plus de place pour cette matinée du 24 novembre dédiée à l'optimisation des performances MySQL.[Read More]

Posted by: Thierry Manfe | Category: FR | Comments [0]

Wednesday Nov 18, 2009

Startup of the Week: Joyent Scores Big!

Congrats Joyent team for the fantastic announcement today!!

Joyent, both a long-time Sun Startup Essentials member and hosting partner - has been profitable for years, and boasts some really impressive customers (e.g. ABC.com, LinkedIn, and more).

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Posted by: Laura | Category: Americas | Comments [2]