IBM Expands Support for SunSolaris OS on x86 Systems |
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Dubai, UAE, August 22, 2007 - IBMIBM
(NYSE: IBMIBM) and SunSun (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced that IBMIBM will distribute the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and Solaris Subscriptions for select x86-based IBMIBM System x servers and BladeCenter servers to clients through IBMIBM's routes to market. The agreement announced today is an extension of IBMIBM's existing support for the Solaris OS on select IBMIBM BladeCenter servers, and exemplifies IBMIBM's commitment to offering clients the widest choice of operating systems available in the industry, as well as SunSun's commitment to offer customers a wider choice of systems for the Solaris platform. IBMIBM and SunSun's support of interoperability via open standards also means that customers will be able to extend their infrastructure by connecting new platforms easily, while preserving their initial investments.
IBMIBM is the volume leader in the high-performance segment of the Intel-based server market, where technology innovation is crucial. IBMIBM's X3 Architecture, the third generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture, has positioned IBMIBM as the fastest growing vendor in high-end x86 servers in the first quarter of 2007.1
The Solaris OS is supported on more than 820 x86 platforms and runs more than 3,000 unique x86 applications including IBMIBM Websphere, Lotus, DB2, Rational and Tivoli.
Today's announcement further affirms the value that Solaris OS delivers in Web, application and data-tier deployments. By adding the Solaris OS to its operating system portfolio, IBMIBM is expanding customer choice. And by participating as one of over 800 partners in the IBMIBM BladeCenter ecosystem, SunSun has
effectively joined others in the industry helping IBMIBM accelerate the development and adoption of open blade server platforms.
"We're thrilled to be working with IBMIBM to bring the Solaris OS to the broadest market possible - they are a natural partner for SunSun," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO of SunSun Microsystems. "Solaris adoption continues to accelerate, among both the open source and commercial communities -- driven by bundled virtualization for servers and storage, support for thousands of ISVs, including nearly the entirety of IBMIBM's software portfolio, and outstanding operational economics. Solaris is clearly a choice customers are demanding."
Chris Cornelius, managing director for SunSun Microsystems MENA commented: "In line with our theme for FY08 -'Open for Business'- this announcement illustrate SunSun's openness, not only to our customers, but for the customers with our competitors, that this is their choice. SunSun Solaris has been the mainstay of Operating Systems, stable and with unmatched functionality."
As part of the expanded support, SunSun and IBMIBM will invest in testing and system qualification so joint customers will realize Solaris' leading performance and reliability on BladeCenter and System x servers. IBMIBM servers that will support the Solaris OS include: IBMIBM BladeCenter HS21 and LS41 servers; and IBMIBM System x3650, System x3755, and System x3850 servers.
"IBMIBM provides the broadest choice of server platforms and operating systems to customers with AIX, Linux for x86 and Power, Microsoft Windows Server and now Solaris," said Bill Zeitler, senior vice president & group executive, IBMIBM Systems & Technology Group. "IBMIBM is the first major x86 vendor to have such an agreement with SunSun; and the first big vendor apart from SunSun to offer Solaris on blade servers. Today we expand that agreement to help clients migrate to Solaris on IBMIBM x86-based System x servers."
The Solaris OS offers a unique feature set, including Solaris ZFS, Predictive Self-Healing and Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) to help customers improve uptime, cut costs and speed time to market. The Solaris OS allows BladeCenter and System x customers to get excellent application performance on today's and tomorrow's multi-core 64-bit x86 processors. The Solaris OS and IBMIBM System x and BladeCenter servers bring to market a mission-critical platform with a wide array of leading configuration options such as native 10G Ethernet, InfiniBand and IBMIBM-attached storage.
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About IBM
For more information about IBMIBM, visit www.ibm.com.
About SunSun Microsystems, Inc.
SunSun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision "The Network is the Computer" SunSun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. SunSun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
SunSun, SunSun Microsystems, the SunSun logo, Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
For more information please contact:
Amber Dale
The Portsmouth Group
Tel:- +971 4 369 3574
Email: Amber.dale@theportsmouthgroup.com
© Press Release 2007
from The Portsmouth Group
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