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ALSO CALLED: Sun Solaris and SunOS
DEFINITION: Solaris is the computer operating system that Sun Microsystems provides for its family of Scalable Processor Architecture-based processors as well as for Intel-based processors. Sun has historically dominated the large UNIX workstation market. As the Internet grew in the early 1990s, Sun's SPARC/Solaris systems became the most widely installed servers for Web sites. Sun emphasizes the system's availability
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Switching from Solaris/SPARC to Solaris/ProLiant – 9 Things You Should Know
sponsored by Arrow ECS HP Group
PODCAST:
Businesses trying to migrate from SPARC to a more reliable platform often run into a host of obstacles. This podcast discusses the pitfalls of this transition and offers effective migration strategies.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009
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Solaris Evolution – Building the Business Case for Transitioning your IT Environment
sponsored by Arrow ECS HP Group
WEBCAST:
This webcast explores methods and best practices for transforming your data center for optimum business alignment. Gain insight into the importance of an IT TCO Baseline and discover how to fund your transformation with the IT Cost Management Intelligence assessment.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 16 Sep 2009
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Deploying Web 2.0 Applications on Sun Servers and the OpenSolaris™ Operating System
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Today, many sites are using open source solutions and platforms as a way to ensure applications can scale as needed. Understanding the challenges faced by Web 2.0 customers, Sun created Olio. This Sun BluePrints™ article describes a reasonably sized, scalable Web 2.0 deployment.
Posted: 13 Aug 2009 | Published: 13 Aug 2009
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Your Solaris Alternative
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
WHITE PAPER:
This whitepaper will review some key features and benefits of both Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We will also explain why Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an ideal solution for enterprises that are facing Sun and SPARC's uncertain future, whether you are considering launching a new IT production environment or migrating a legacy environment...
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009
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Moving From Solaris To Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
WHITE PAPER:
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® is a standards-based UNIX®-like operating system that provides a development environment similar to SunTM SolarisTM. This paper looks to highlight some of the major differences between Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help application developers port their code.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009
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IDC Research: Server Refresh to Meet the Changing Needs of IT
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
ANALYST REPORT:
One of the leading questions IT organizations face when thinking about their installed base of servers is when and how to refresh those servers. This white paper discusses why you should refresh, provides common approaches meet new requirements, and explores the x86-based Sun server line using Intel Xeon processors.
Posted: 22 Jul 2009 | Published: 22 Jul 2009
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OpenSolaris Free Software Trial Download
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
OpenSolaris is the state of the art, cutting edge operating system that provides a rich, coherent platform for building and running applications.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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SOLARIS DEFINITION (continued): … (meaning it seldom crashes), its large number of features, and its Internet-oriented design. Sun advertises that its latest version, the Solaris 8 Operating Environment, is "the leading UNIX environment" today.Sun emphasizes these features of Solaris:Its availability. Special features make it easy to add new capability or to fix problems without having to restart the system. Because it has evolved through a number of versions, it is "stable" - that is, like IBM's well-known mainframe operating system, MVS, Solaris has exercised and fixed almost any code path that might break. It can be upgraded, … Solaris definition sponsored by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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