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Solaris 10 heads for launch pad
News Sun Microsystems has given a sneak peek into the next version of its Unix operating system, Solaris 10, which will include a partitioning technology that the company says is a big improvement over the logical partitions used on mainframes.
[February 16, 2004, 13:10]
Solaris bug gives hackers free rein
News Researchers have discovered a bug that could give hackers unlimited access to any machine running Sun's Unix operating system, Solaris. The printer software is installed by default on all Solaris systems.
[June 21, 2001, 14:14]
Solaris on System x/BladeCenter
Blog Sun has indeed started working with IBM to provide the option of the Solaris operating system running on IBM's x86-based System x and BladeCenter servers. IBM's customers already had that option, of course, but the difference now is that IBM will...
[August 17, 2007, 10:11]
Solaris engineers offer personal source-code tours
News Sun Microsystems chose to employ the human touch when it introduced more than 5 million lines of Solaris source code onto the Internet on Tuesday. The ambassadors are dozens of Sun programmers who published blog entries for the OpenSolaris launch...
[June 15, 2005, 11:00]
Solaris software portal faces closure
Talkback While blastwave is a valuable asset to the Solaris Open Source community, it is by no means the only independent package repository for Solaris. In fact, the BSD ports system, pkgsrc, has a far more comprehensive set of Solaris packages and has a...
[September 9, 2005, 13:07]
Solaris will run on AMD's Opteron
News Sun Microsystems' Solaris will become the third operating system to take advantage of Advanced Micro Devices' 64-bit Opteron processor. Solaris, Sun's version of Unix, already runs on 32-bit "x86" processors including AMD's Athlon and Intel's Xeon.
[October 10, 2003, 11:15]
Solaris hole opening way for hackers
News Online hackers are using a two-month-old security hole in Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system to break into servers on the Internet, a security expert said on Tuesday. Researchers witnessed the attack when one intruder broke into a Solaris...
[January 16, 2002, 12:45]
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]
Solaris source code schedule slips
News Sun Microsystems is planning the bold move of releasing the source code of its Solaris operating system, but those eager for details of the plan may have to wait until early 2005. OpenSolaris will include all major features coming with Solaris 10...
[November 5, 2004, 8:03]
Quick Reference: Solaris to AIX
White Papers This paper is a reference to contrast the AIX Version 5.1 and Solaris 8 operating systems. The tables in this document contrast common tasks on these operating systems. Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are listed below.
[November 26, 2003, 23:00]
Solaris 9 update speeds up networks
News Sun Microsystems has released the first update of Solaris 9, its new version of the Unix operating system, with a feature to speed up Sun servers and to ensure network performance is up to scratch. Solaris 9 9/02, a name that stems from the product...
[October 11, 2002, 9:27]
Solaris and Linux
White Papers Only the Solaris Operating System makes sense for UltraSPARC servers. But Sun offers Solaris, Red Hat or SUSE Linux for its Opteron and Xeon servers. This paper provides key facts to help customers choose between Linux and Solaris for x86/Opteron...
[May 8, 2009, 4:39]
Solaris to enlist military security
News Sun Microsystems has revealed that the next release of its Solaris operating system will contain enhanced security features developed through the company's close ties with the US military and intelligence services.
[September 18, 2003, 11:30]
Solaris software portal faces closure
News Lack of funding may force free software portal Blastwave, one of the only sources for pre-packaged Solaris software, to close its doors. Since 2002, the portal has been bundling publicly available software in an easy-to-use format for download by...
[September 9, 2005, 10:05]
Solaris ZFS and Microsoft Server 2003 NTFS: File System Performance
White Papers The Solaris 10 06/06 Operating System (OS) introduces a new data management technology - the Solaris ZFS file system. Replacing the traditionally separate file system and volume manager functionality found in most operating environments, Solaris...
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
Solaris code due today
News Sun will begin releasing its Solaris operating system as open source software on Tuesday, starting with a new performance analysis and debugging tool called Dynamic Tracing. DTrace" is one of Sun's most loudly touted new features in version 10 of...
[January 25, 2005, 8:00]
Solaris 10 will run Linux programs
News Sun Microsystems will build software into its forthcoming Solaris 10 version of Unix to run Linux applications unchanged. The software intercepts a program's communications with Linux and translates them into communications with Solaris.
[August 4, 2004, 8:35]
Third Brigade - Deep Security Host Intrusion Prevention System (Solaris SPARC & x86): Product Report on PCI Suitability
White Papers This paper contains the conclusions and associated data from a series of exacting tests performed on Sun Microsystems Solaris v8 and v9 (Sparc) and Solaris 10 (x86) installed in real-world test lab. Off late, NSS Labs performed comprehensive...
[July 13, 2009, 1:21]
Solaris Zones Partitioning Technology
White Papers The Solaris Zones feature in the Solaris Operating System is a partitioning technology used to virtualize operating system services and provide an isolated and secure environment for hosting and running applications.
[November 1, 2006, 0:00]
Solaris blueprints still open to viewing
News Sun Microsystems has reversed a decision to stop allowing scrutiny of the underpinnings of its Solaris operating system. When Sun released Solaris 8 in January 2000, the company tried to tap into some of the energy of the open-source movement by...
[July 3, 2001, 9:38]
