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Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation (acquired Oracle by in 2010) engages in designing, manufacturing, marketing, and servicing network computing infrastructure solutions worldwide. The company offers a range of scalable servers based on SPARC64, UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, and Intel Xeon microprocessors for computing environments; desktops; data storage products and services comprising heterogeneous tape, disk, software, networking, and services for mainframe and open systems environments; and various software, including enterprise infrastructure software systems, software desktop systems, developer software, and infrastructure management software. In addition, it offers various support services, including technical support, software, firmware updates, online tools, product repair, and maintenance and preventive services for system, storage, and software products; managed services comprising on-site and remote monitoring and management for the components of IT infrastructure, such as operating systems, third-party and custom applications, databases, networks, security, storage, and the Web; professional services consisting of IT assessments, architectural services, implementation services, and consolidation and migration services; and educational services, including training and certification for individuals and teams. The company offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, the Solaris Operating System, the MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and the UltraSPARC processor names. Its solutions are used in search, social networking, entertainment, financial service, manufacturing, healthcare, and engineering companies. It has strategic alliances and partnerships with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Fujitsu; Intel Corporation; and Hitachi Data Systems. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Santa Clara, California. As of January 26, 2010, Sun Microsystems Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corp.