While not a complete surprise, Sun Microsystems let loose with an interesting development today. At its JavaOne conference, Sun announced that it would open-source its Java platform.

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According to IDC, corporate sales of computer servers was up 4.4% in 2005. Doesn’t sound like a lot until you realize that it represents a move from $49.1B in 2004 to $51.3B for 2005. That’s a nice bump. The usual suspects were in the mix (IBM, Dell, HP, et al). IBM remained ranked in the top spot with a 32.9% chunk of the overall server market. No big surprises there.

According to Red Herring:

Because servers are used by most companies ranging from small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) to large corporations, market figures indicate that enterprise tech spending increased.

On top of that, shipments of hard disk drives jumped up 21% in Q4, driven primarily by demand in the portable/mobile markets.

That’s good news, folks.

Also of no big surprise, Sun Microsystems continued to lose market share, falling down to 9.5% of the overall server market. How long they have left is anyone’s guess. The question to me becomes one of reinvention. Will Sun successfully reinvent itself a la Apple, or will they continue to dwindle in influence? Either way, and much to my dismay as I’m a big fan of Sun, it is only a matter of time.

Cheers.

Sun Microsystems recently announced the availability of their “eco-friendly” rack-mounted web servers. The latest model, the Sun Fire T2000, purports to introduce significant enhancements in computing capability, as well as new cost efficiencies in terms of power consumption, cooling costs, and rack space needed.

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