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Dell to distribute the Solaris OS on select Dell PowerEdge servers
With the announcement of their agreement, Sun and Dell give Solaris customers an expanded option of pre-configured Dell PowerEdge systems from which to choose. Solaris OS and Solaris Support Subscriptions are an excellent choice for Dell PowerEdge server customers who have applications that demand reliability, security, scalability, performance and integrated virtualization. Read more about what people are saying about the agreement between Sun and Dell.
Dell has expanded its support of the Solaris operating system by expanding its availability to nine of its popular Intel- and AMD-based servers. The popular server company now offers support for Sun's premiere operating system on a broader range of X64-based systems than any vendor besides Sun.
Dell's lineup of servers running Solaris includes Intel- and AMD-powered rack-mounted servers and blade servers. Dell also provides its customers with a full range of sales and technical support in an effort to make it easier to acquire the Solaris-equipped systems, to install them, and to run them.
This news with Dell underscores the growing demand Sun has seen for Solaris on x64 systems and offers even broader choice of supported systems for Solaris customers. Sun supports Solaris on a wide variety of X64-based systems, and supports an enormous number of peripheral devices and systems option installed in those systems. And, a very large number of business and scientific applications have been certified to run on Solaris.
In the News
SearchDataCenter.com, November 15, 2007
Sun Microsystems Inc. President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced Dell Corp. as a new OEM partner for Solaris, and unveiled Sun xVM, the company's open virtualization and management platform during his keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
IT Week, November 15, 2007
Sun Microsystems grabbed all the attention Wednesday at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, unveiling a partnership with erstwhile rival Dell and Sun xVM, a family of virtualization products. Both announcements were made during Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz' keynote, with Michael Dell, chief executive of Dell, joining Schwartz on stage.
LinuxInsider, November 15, 2007
At Oracle's OpenWorld in San Francisco, competitors Sun Microsystems and Dell jointly announced they have set aside their rivalry, at least when in comes to Solaris and servers. Dell will license Sun's Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris operating systems for use on its rack and blade servers.
CNET News.com, November 15, 2007
Sun and Dell announced on Wednesday a distribution agreement under which Dell will distribute Sun's Solaris 10 operating system on Dell PowerEdge servers. Under the multi-year agreement, Dell also will provide Solaris support services to its PowerEdge customers.
Internetnews.com, November 14, 2007
Sun Microsystems upstaged its own announcement in a keynote address here at Oracle OpenWorld today by making way for a surprise onstage visit to the company's keynote address by Michael Dell.
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Press Releases
November 14, 2007
Dell and Sun Microsystems have signed an OEM agreement for Dell to make the Solaris Operating System (OS) and Solaris support services available directly to customers for select Dell PowerEdge servers.
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Sun and Dell first entered into an agreement for Solaris marketing by Dell in November, 2007, and announced it in a joint presentation by Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Dell CEO Michael Dell at Oracle World.
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