Besides sun worshiping, planned local activities include surfing, canoeing, kayaking canopy walks and yoga.

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Besides big competitors like HP and Sun, smaller software firms such as VMWare and Opsware are pushing their own virtualization visions.

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Besides, complexity is bound to increase, predicts Greg Papadopoulos, Sun's chief technology officer.

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