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Article: Purchase of Nauticus Networks continues Sun's quest to automate data centers.(Data Center Management)
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- March 1, 2004
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In announcing plans to acquire Nauticus Networks, a privately held manufacturer of multifunction switching products, Sun Microsystems took another step toward fulfilling its vision of creating completely automated data centers.
Sun launched this quest more than two years ago when it unveiled plans for creating a new data center architecture called N1. This architecture, which Sun officials say is roughly half complete, is supposed to let companies deploy and manage all applications and resources on their corporate networks from a single location. Much of the work typically handled by data center employees, such as updating applications and fixing problems with ...