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'We will open source Solaris' - Sun
News Schwartz also emphasised that Sun will be turning up its engagement level with partners in bringing open-source Solaris to its users in future. On the subject of a probable licensing model for the open-source Solaris, John Loiacono, executive vice...
[June 2, 2004, 14:40]
Sun floats Solaris expansion
News Sun Microsystems, which has already resurrected its Solaris operating system for one processor architecture, is considering a further expansion to Intel's Itanium and IBM's Power chip families. Sun floated the Solaris expansion idea during a...
[July 21, 2004, 8:25]
Sun modernising Solaris start-up process
News Sun Microsystems is revamping the start-up process for its Solaris operating system, scrapping an awkward, elderly approach for one the company promises will be faster, more familiar and more useful on a wide variety of computers.
[June 16, 2005, 16:35]
Sun gathers Solaris-Intel commitments
News A number of companies are endorsing Sun Microsystems' promotion of Solaris on Intel-based servers. In addition, e-commerce software maker BEA Systems is evaluating the Solaris version, Verizon is using it, and chipmaker AMD and database-software...
[February 7, 2003, 8:27]
Sun gears Solaris for Linux users
News In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux. It would solve Solaris's problems, ease people's transitions from Linux to Solaris, and save...
[May 10, 2007, 10:38]
Sun delays Solaris 9 for Intel chips
News Sun Microsystems on Tuesday delayed plans to release an Intel-compatible version of its forthcoming Solaris 9 operating system, the latest slight in a long and often edgy relationship between the two companies.
[January 9, 2002, 9:23]
US Report: Sun makes Solaris free... for some
News Instead of paying $300 to $695 for client and server versions of Solaris 2.6, college types and developers who enjoy tinkering with code for the sake of tinkering can now download the software from Sun's Web site for free.
[August 13, 1998, 7:48]
Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
News Sun Microsystems has quietly released a version of its Java Desktop System software based on Solaris, a new step in the company's plan to try to transfer some of Linux's glory to its own operating system.
[October 14, 2004, 9:05]
Optimizing Oracle's Siebel Applications for the Sun Platform, Solaris 10 OS, and UltraSPARC T1 Processor
White Papers Also presented in detail is information on tuning the Solaris Operating System (OS) tuning, Siebel 7.7 tuning, Oracle Database 10g server tuning, Sun storage tuning and Sun Java System Web Server tuning.
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
Sun gives new Solaris away
News Sun Microsystems is giving away copies of its Solaris x86 operating system for evaluation purposes, in an effort to get the new software into as many hands as possible. Sun previously charged $20 (£11.45) for evaluation copies of Solaris x86, the...
[December 16, 2003, 8:35]
Sun partitions, virtualises Solaris
News Sun has updated its Solaris operating system with a feature that lets its newest Sparc-based servers run multiple copies of the Unix variant in separate partitions. As reported, the feature catches Sun partway up with Unix server rivals Hewlett...
[January 16, 2007, 7:55]
Sun (almost) opens Solaris
News Indeed, Sun Microsystems Inc.plans to put all its platform software -including Solaris- under a Community Source License, the company said this week. Sun has delayed announcing Solaris because it does not own all of Solaris's intellectual property...
[February 26, 1999, 12:04]
Sun offers rewards for Solaris test-taking
News Sun Microsystems has taken additional steps in its effort to increase the hardware support that's needed to make a version of its Solaris operating system for Intel processors useful. Sun also signed on new partners, including Electronic Business...
[September 1, 2003, 9:15]
Sun begins open source Solaris era
News Sun Microsystems is expected to release Solaris as open source software Tuesday, a centrepiece of the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend off rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft. Sun has been working to make sure Solaris can be built...
[June 14, 2005, 10:25]
Sun's blades will virtualise Solaris
News One difference with Sun's offering is that, while HP and IBM are promising to deliver computing power on tap from multi-vendor datacentres, Sun is noticeably quiet about the multi-vendor aspect, creating an impression of a Solaris-only solution...
[December 11, 2002, 9:57]
Sun Fire X4200 Server With Solaris 10 and VMWare Replaces 10 Intel Machines, Pays for Itself in Under Three Months
White Papers The company also wanted to support Solaris, Linux and Windows environments and increase responsiveness of systems. This was solved by implementing a Sun Fire X4200 server and installed VMWare. Global System Services Corporation (GSS) is a...
[March 15, 2007, 0:00]
Sun offers Gnome test drive for Solaris users
News Continuing its drive to promote the Gnome desktop, Sun Microsystems today issued a preview release of Gnome 1.4 for its Solaris 8 operating environment. Leila Chucri, a product line manager at Sun, said this was "an introductory software package...
[May 23, 2001, 17:23]
Sun Microsystems changes the game: Introducing Solaris 10
White Papers Sun's quarterly Network Computing 04Q4 Web event will showcase the reliability and performance of the Solaris 10 OS. This webcast, hosted by Sun executives, unveils new products, technologies, and services from Sun Microsystems.
[September 2, 2008, 7:34]
Sun Solaris 10 review
Reviews Solaris 10 also sees the official release of JDS 3.0, Sun’s Gnome-based Java Desktop System, and the resurrection of support for the x86 platform as well as Sun’s own UltraSPARC processors. Moreover, Sun has opted to make Solaris 10 available for...
[April 21, 2005, 9:25]
Sun boots Solaris on Itanium hardware
News Sun Microsystems said Monday that it is running Solaris on Intel's Itanium hardware and expects to ship the operating system the second half of next year. Sun claims to be the first OS developer to use its own internally developed compiler for the...
[October 26, 1999, 8:01]
