What They're Saying
February 25, 2009 - Today's announcement by Sun and HP that they would enter into a multi-year partnership agreement that enables HP to distribute and support Sun's Solaris 10 OS, generated some interesting news articles and blogs. You don't have to search for them, because they're all listed here.
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Thur, 26 Feb 2009
The multi-year deal marks the first time the hardware manufacturer has explicitly endorsed Sun's operating systems.
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Thur, 26 Feb 2009
Bloggism.net says the partnership is good news for Sun, because HP's ProLiant leads the x86 server market with 38.2% factory-revenue share in the fourth quarter of 2008 (IDC). The deal also strengthens Solaris' position to be a long-term Unix-variant survivor.
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Thur, 26 Feb 2009
As part of the deal, the two companies have agreed to collaborate on integrating Solaris and HP Insight software in ProLiant servers in order to reduce operational costs.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
Sun's Matt Dixon, who worked at HP early in his career, calls the Sun/HP news "a milestone relationship" forged by key industry players.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
The new partnership benefits both companies. It gives HP another operating system to offer its customers, while it gives Sun a wider distribution network for its software.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
Sun and HP said providing a single point of purchase, contact, and accountability for Solaris on ProLiant improves the overall customer experience.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
The deal elevates Sun to a strategic partner for HP's ProLiant servers and could also help each in its battle with a common enemy: IBM.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
Sun and HP agreed to have HP distribute the Solaris OS in its ProLiant line of servers, the latest agreement by Sun aimed at expanding the reach of its open source software.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
The Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have announced details of an expanded multi-year OEM partnership agreement that enables HP to distribute and provide software technical support for Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System on the HP ProLiant server and blade system platforms.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
Sun and HP unveiled an expanded partnership that will see HP become a key distributor of the Solaris 10 OS.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
The companies unveiled a multi-year pact that will provide Sun with more distribution for its Solaris 10 OS.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
Jim Laurent calls the deal a resounding endorsement for the Solaris 10 OS.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009
HP's commitment is a very real demonstration of its recognition of the growing demand for Solaris on non-Sun platforms.
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Tue, 24 Feb 2009
Adobe has released Flash Player 10 for Solaris and Open Solaris on x86 and SPARC.
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Sun, 22 Feb 2009
The "Virtually All the Time" blog uses the DTrace feature in Solaris to look at the Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator workload.
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Fri, 20 Feb 2009
Canada's High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) is using Solaris, SPARC, and CMT to provide computational services for biomedical research, computational fluid dynamics, and other HPC applications.
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