A multi-year OEM agreement with Fujitsu Siemens(TM) Computers to distribute the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and Solaris(TM) Subscriptions with selected Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY servers has been announced by Sun Microsystems, Inc. By offering Solaris with its servers from the factory, the agreement enables Fujitsu Siemens to streamline how its customers acquire Solaris-based PRIMERGY systems and related support services. Based on Solaris and PRIMERGY hardware, Sun and Fujitsu Siemens Computers will work together in certifying solutions and the two companies will work together to secure support from key independent software and hardware vendors.
Among a number of leading global systems vendors to announce it will offer Solaris on x86 systems is also Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Today, the Solaris 10 OS is supported on more than 950 x86/x64 systems and more than 4,000 x86/x64 applications are available for Solaris 10.
Executive vice president of software for Sun Microsystems, Rich Green, stated:
“This agreement is great news for customers of both Sun and Fujitsu Siemens Computers and underscores the tremendous demand we've seen building for Solaris on x86 systems. Customers will now have an expanded choice of systems certified to run Solaris as well as a simplified method for purchasing Solaris Subscriptions with PRIMERGY servers.” He added: “By expanding the Solaris footprint, we're opening the door a little wider for companies – especially those in the public sector, financial services, telecommunications, retail and healthcare – to access the advanced scalability, reliability and virtualization features that are unique to the Solaris OS.”
Customers selecting PRIMERGY servers powered by Solaris are able to take advantage of the latest update to Sun's Solaris 10 platform, Solaris 10 5/08. Improved performance and new platform-tuned power management capabilities for x86-based processors from AMD(TM) and Intel(R) are provided Solaris 10 5/08. Including Solaris(TM) ZFS, Predictive Self-Healing, Virtualization and Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) to help customers improve uptime, cut costs and speed time to market, Solaris 10 offers a unique feature set unmatched in the industry.
