Sun Cloud (also known as Network.com) was an on-demand cloud computing service operated by Sun Microsystems prior to Sun's acquisition by Oracle Corporation. The Sun Cloud Compute Utility provided access to a substantial computing resource over the Internet for US$1 per CPU-hour. It was launched as Sun Grid in March 2006—the same month Amazon Web Services began offering their first IT infrastructure services.[1][2] It was based on and supported open source technologies such as Solaris 10, Sun Grid Engine, and the Java platform.
Sun Cloud delivered enterprise computing power and resources over the Internet, enabling developers, researchers, scientists and businesses to optimize performance, speed time to results, and accelerate innovation without investment in IT infrastructure.
In early 2010 Oracle announced it was discontinuing the Sun Cloud project. Since Sunday, March 7, 2010, the network.com web site has been inaccessible.[3]
^"Powered by the Grid". www.sun.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^"About AWS". September 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^"Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud". 27 January 2010.
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