Sun Microsystems said Tuesday that its Solaris 10 operating system would soon be available on an open-source basis, a move the company hopes will help counter the perception that its technology is too ...

IBM plans to announce on Wednesday that it's giving away software to help customers and business partners adapt software written for Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system to its open-source rival ...

Sun Microsystems is bundling its application server software into its Solaris operating system in a move that could change the competitive landscape in a lucrative market. Later on Wednesday, company ...

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Sun Tuesday outlined planned improvements for Version 10 of its Solaris operating system, part of its quarterly update of new hardware and software products. Sun’s hardware news – including servers ...

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After its recent acquisition of Sun, enterprise software vendor Oracle began making some significant changes to Solaris licensing policies. Solaris 10, the latest stable version of Sun’s UNIX ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. today will start selling a high-security version of its operating system that runs on standard chips from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Sun’s Trusted Solaris ...

Start-up Trigence last week announced that its application virtualization software, which can run in VMware virtual machine environments, now runs on Solaris. Trigence virtualizes applications across ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Inc. rolled out the latest upgrade to its Solaris operating system yesterday, announcing a plan to add key middleware and management components that broaden the ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. released an update to its widely used Solaris 8 operating system this week, adding several tools designed to simplify the management of large numbers of servers. Solaris, a ...