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			<title>Oracle get DoJ approval for Sun Microsystems deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US Department of Justice approves $7.4 billion purchase of Sun; European Commission still to OK]]></description>
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			<title>Picking the winners</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Next month, judging begins for the 2009 edition of the Arab Technology Awards – and for me, that will be the real litmus test of whether the region’s IT ventures have emerged from the global financial crisis. ]]></description>
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			<title>Sun welcomes new partner in Bahrain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Computer World can now resell and integrate Sun server and storage offerings in the Kingdom]]></description>
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			<title>Sultan Qaboos University gets computing boost with Sun </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[University researchers can use the machines to speed up complex computational tasks and make short work of complex engineering problems]]></description>
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			<title>Heger named new regional GM for Sun</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marc Heger to take on general manager role for Sun Microsystems for MENA region]]></description>
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			<title>Al Othaim warms up Oracle on Sun</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Al Othaim Markets has chosen Sun Microsystems infrastructure to run its Oracle applications.]]></description>
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			<title>More questions than answers, but Oracle-Sun will shake up channel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The dust has hardly settled on news of Oracle’s US$7.4 billion pursuit of Sun Microsystems, but that won’t stop the channel pondering the potential implications that this mega-deal has for resellers in the region.]]></description>
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			<title>Oracle buys Sun for $7.4 billion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oracle to pay $9.50 per share to buy Sun Microsystems]]></description>
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			<title>Over riding the program</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vendors are reconsidering whether channel programmes put in place before the financial crisis are sufficient to answer the needs of their channel today]]></description>
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			<title>IBM walks away from Sun</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company withdraws acquisition bid after disagreements related to share price and terms arise]]></description>
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			<title>Ten minutes with Jonathan Schwartz</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACN sat down with Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems to talk about all things open-source and what was next on the radar for the solar-themed company. ]]></description>
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			<title>Sun partner initiatives emerge from design room</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New management system and partner specialities planned to help build channel skills]]></description>
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			<title>Sun sets sights on open cloud computing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems announces Sun Open Cloud Platform and cloud services]]></description>
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			<title>IBM may takeover Sun Microsystems</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Report by Wall Street Journal states that offer of $6.5 billion is on the table ]]></description>
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			<title>Time for an alternative?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In recent days the database world has been slightly shaken with the MySQL co-founder and CEO resigning from their posts. Is it time for another database choice?]]></description>
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			<title>Sun eyes greater regional foothold with new initiative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rolls out telecoverage model for SMBs to accelerate sales growth of Sun's solutions]]></description>
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			<title>Data storage unpicked</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The demand for more advanced and flexible storage options increasing, we talk to the key players about the latest products and what they can do for your business.]]></description>
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			<title>Sun conducts open source seminars in Lebanon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of university students learn about the technology and its benefits]]></description>
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			<title>SWCC builds new datacentre on Sun solutions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saline Water Conversion Corporation selects Sun enterprise systems to run core datacentre]]></description>
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			<title>Tech week in pictures: 20th November </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A visual summary of the news that made headlines in the technology world recently]]></description>
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			<title>Sun Microsystems to lay off thousands</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Managing director states that it is still 'business as usual' in the Middle East]]></description>
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			<title>Sun explains Wipro rationale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems has inked a deal that will see IT services giant Wipro resell and integrate its entire suite of systems, storage, software and services in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. Channel Middle East quizzed Bruno Haubertin, partners and sales organisation manager for the MENA region at Sun, on the thinking behind the agreement.]]></description>
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			<title>Dark days for Sun's shining star</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Almost 80 percent of Sun Microsystems' market value has disappeared in the past eleven months.]]></description>
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			<title>Open season for open source software in region</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Open source software developers and distributors have always had their work cut out in the Middle East and it's only over the last couple of years that specialists in this field have invested in ramping up their business.]]></description>
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			<title>Sun puts out call for UAE warranty services partner</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sun seeks UAE services and support partner for X64 server line]]></description>
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			<title>Freedom to develop</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Systems integrators and ISVs are feeling the pressure to reinforce their added value as vendors impress the need for partners to go that extra mile in the market place]]></description>
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			<title>Sun ray shines for MECIT</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems has outfitted the Oman-based Middle East College of Information Technology (MECIT) with a complete Windows-based desktop computing environment through its Sun Ray ultra-thin client based solution.]]></description>
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			<title>Wipro to resell Sun products in Gulf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[GITEX: Indian IT services firm signs deal with tech giant covering UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar. ]]></description>
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			<title>Sun signs GCC services deal with Wipro</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wipro to resell Sun's systems portfolio in key Gulf markets]]></description>
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			<title>MECIT goes thin with Sun</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle East College of Information Technology rolls out Sun Microsystems thin client project.]]></description>
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