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Breaking News - Operating Systems & Middleware:
Sun Broadens Solaris Availability On AMD, Intel-Based Systems
Sun Microsystems Inc announced the availability of the Solaris Operating
System (OS) on a variety of AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon-based systems with 15
new Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for a total of 20 x86 platform
partners, including ASA Computers, Continuous Computing Corp, Electronic
Business Solutions, Flight System Consulting Inc, NatureTech, Pinnacle Data
Systems, Portable One, PSSC Labs, Rave Computer Association Inc, S-Terra
Group, System Works Corp, Think Computer Products and Tokyo Forex Financial.
The addition of new system and embedded device OEM partners - representing a
range of servers, workstations, supercomputers, telecom equipment platforms,
VPNs, notebook computers and other products -- helps Sun to further extend the
reach of the Solaris OS while opening up new market opportunities for OEMs by
providing them with an established enterprise-class OS. Sun will sponsor a
Solaris x86 Partner Pavilion at the upcoming SunNetwork 2004 conference June
2-3 in Shanghai, China. Partners will showcase their Solaris OS solutions and
attendees will have the opportunity to meet with Sun technical and sales
representatives at the event.
"Following on the heels of last month's agreement with Rackable Systems, this
groundswell of support from 20 OEMs is further proof of the strong momentum
behind Solaris x86," said Ann Wettersten, vice president of systems software
marketing at Sun Microsystems Inc. "As we continue to push hard on growing the
Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) ecosystem for Solaris x86, we believe this
will have a snowball effect in driving even more Independent Software Vendor
(ISV) adoptions. Key ISVs like BEA, Sybase, and Veritas have already signed on
to support their solutions on Solaris x86. With over 900 solutions from over
600 ISV partners on Solaris x86, Sun continues to expand the community for the
Solaris OS, giving end customers greater flexibility and choice in their
Solaris deployments."
The OEM program for the Solaris x86 is a low-risk, high ROI program since
there is no cost involved for system builders to participate. OEMs are able to
freely certify their systems using Sun's Hardware Compatibility Test Suite.
They can also license the Solaris OS for redistribution to customers under
flexible general purpose or embedded use licensing. As part of the program,
Sun provides worldwide backline support, contractual support at the
development coding level, as well as low-cost training and free resources.
OEMs can also participate in the Sun Software Express program for Solaris OS
to preview the next-generation Solaris 10 OS and enable faster time-to-market
with the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Sun's Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Solaris x86 has doubled in size in
the last six months and currently includes more than 200 supported x86 systems
from both Sun and third party vendors. The Solaris OS HCL offers certification
to system builders and IHVs looking to leverage the Sun brand and the growing
market for Solaris x86. Customers can access the HCL at
www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl and take advantage of a full range of drivers and
system configurations that have been certified on Solaris x86, as well as a
growing catalog of third-party and open-source applications.
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a leading
provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at http://sun.com .
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