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April 23, 2008 - The latest update to the free and open Solaris operating system adds important performance enhancements and is now available for download free of charge. Solaris 10 5/08, now runs on over 1,000 x86/x64 and SPARC platforms and it supports thousands of commercially available and open source applications.

Solaris 10 5/08 enhancements include additional Predictive Self Healing, platform-tuned power management, and optimized support for Intel processors and graphics technology, the result of cooperative engineering between Sun and Intel. Users can select Solaris with confidence that they have complete freedom of choice when purchasing hardware for their environment.

Also new today is Solaris OnDemand, a software as a service (SaaS) program that enables independent software providers (ISVs) to convert their on-premise applications to on-demand web-based services in 90 days or less. When ISVs join Solaris OnDemand they can work with Sun and hosted service providers to tune their products for maximum scalability, security, and cost savings.


Solaris 10 5/08 Overview

Larry Wake, group manager, Solaris Software talks about the latest release of Solaris. In this overview video, he talks about the new Predictive Self Healing features, and other overall improvements in the system.

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Solaris is Now Compatible With More Than 1,000 Systems

Solaris system compatibility has grown to over 1,000 x86/x64 and SPARC systems. The Solaris compatibility list also includes driver suppport for 1,612 components and both numbers continue to grow as partners add support for Solaris to their latest systems and components.

Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists

We also have an easy to use online tool to determine if Solaris is compatible with your specific hardware.

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Solaris Applications Development Tools

You can develop applications for Solaris, or convert existing ones, using free Sun development tools, including the SunStudio compilers and the NetBeans interactive development environment.


Customers

Solaris users see immediate gains in performance and improvements in how they manage their systems when they replace competitive systems.

eBay
The world's largest online auction company experienced a 20% improvement in application performance with Solaris 10, as well as more efficient storage management.

Ventyx
The company saved 30 percent of its capital budget for computers by using Solaris virtualization, and Solaris ran Ventyx's software 11 percent faster than it had run on Linux.

TransactTools
Timing is everything in finance, and a Sun Fire V20z system with AMD Opteron processors running the Solaris 10 OS drives TransactTools' server 50 to 200 percent faster than similar systems running Windows or Red Hat Linux.

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Solaris 10 5/08 on Intel Platforms

Larry Wake discusses how Intel and Sun worked together to optimize Solaris for Intel SpeedStep and other Intel x86/x64 processor features.

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Solaris 10 5/08 on AMD Platforms

Sun also developed specialized optimizations for AMD64 processors including PowerNow! and other technologies, and Larry Wake discusses those in this video.

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Solaris Software Partners

Sun has partnered with over 6,500 independent software vendors worldwide that provide a rich library of applications certified on Solaris on SPARC, x86 and x64 systems. There are too many to list here, but you can see groups of them in these solution areas:

You can also search through Solaris-compatible solutions by industry, by solutions compatible with SPARC systems, or those that are compatible with x86/x64 systems. If you didn't find the vendor or product you are looking for, use this applications search tool, just to make sure.

Solaris Ready Applications and Solutions Search


Sun Partner Advantage Program

If you are an independent software developer and want to become a Sun Solaris partner, you can join the Sun Partner Advantage Program for Independent Software Vendors. You don't have to join in order to market Solaris-compatible software, but it's free and there are important marketing advantages for you when you become a member. Plus you are entitled to free software, free technical support and, in various promotions, free hardware.

 
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