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Operating Systems
If your business would benefit from lowering costs and simplifying system administration, the Solaris 10 Operating System is the ideal cross-platform choice. Supported on more than 900 platforms and with more applications available than any other open operating system, Solaris 10 can span your entire enterprise. And Sun guarantees complete binary compatibility from release to release and source code compatibility from platform to platform, providing protection for your software investments.

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  • Gain system-wide observability with Solaris Dynamic Tracing (Dtrace)
  • Increase server utilization rates with Solaris Containers
  • Keep applications running through Predictive Self Healing
  • Simplify data management using Solaris ZFS
  • Manage the availability of applications services, and data across local, regional, and vastly dispersed datacenters using Solaris Cluster, the core of the Java Availability Suite, a multi-system, multi-site disaster recovery solution.
  • Become a part of the worldwide community of developers creating and improving operating system technology through OpenSolaris
  • Virtualization
    Sun can help you to enjoy the benefits of virtualization – from the datacenter to the desktop.

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    For datacenters. Sun xVM is a family of technologies that addresses both the virtualization of individual servers and the unified management of physical and virtual aspects of the datacenters, simplifying management of business, applications, and data in heterogeneous environments.
  • Improve the performance, scalability and reliability of applications running in your IT environment – whether on Windows, Linux, or Solaris. Sun xVM Server provides each OS with access to features previously available only on Solaris 10, such as Predictive Self Healing and Solaris ZFS
  • Provision and administer both physical and virtual datacenters across multi-vendor x86 and SPARC systems with the Sun xVM Ops Center
  • Run on a higher number of host platforms, wider number of guest platforms, and gain a compelling feature set with the Sun xVM VirtualBox.
  • For the desktop. Dramatically decrease the complexity and cost of a traditional distributed fat client environment.
  • Get secure access to centralized Windows, UNIX, mainframe and midrange applications from a wide range of popular client devices, including Microsoft Windows PCs, Solaris OS workstations, thin clients, and mobile devices using Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
  • Simplify system management regardless of the OS with Sun Ray Software
  • For true end-to-end virtualization. Sun Virtual Desktop Solution includes Sun X64 Servers, the Solaris OS, Sun Ray technology, Secure Global Desktop Software, virtualization software, Sun Storage and Sun Services
    Java
    Whether you're learning to develop your first application or you're the IT director of a global business, Sun has a complete Java software solution that can enable you to do things you've never considered possible.
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  • Access a fully buildable implementation of the JDK in the OpenJDK Community
  • Build applications using Java technology, the foundation for Web and networked services, applications, platform-independent desktops, robotics, and other embedded devices
  • Mobile Solutions
    Create, test, certify, and market applications for consumer devices using Sun's mobile software solutions.

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  • Get a robust, flexible environment for applications running on mobile phones, pagers, PDAs, set-top boxes, and vehicle telematics systems with Java ME
  • Author rich, high-impact content and network-based services with JavaFX Mobile, which includes a middleware and application stack and is available to carriers, handset manufacturers, and others
  • Create rich media and interactive content with JavaFX Script
  • Shorten time-to-market with Java ME tools and toolkits, including the MSA, MIDP, CLDC, CDC, JavaCard, and NetBeans Mobility Packs
  • Java Enterprise System
    Reduce the cost and complexity of acquiring software with the Java Enterprise System. Java ES is a comprehensive set of subscription-based services that combines software, support, professional services, and educational services in a single package, for a single price. It is available as a single, fully integrated, end-to-end infrastructure software portfolio or as individual solution Suites that specifically target critical business needs.

    The Java System Suites provide multiple entry points to get started with Sun's enterprise infrastructure software, enabling you to address current business problems and build toward a comprehensive solution by adding additional Suites.
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    The Java ES Base includes a range of Sun software that provides the following advantages:
  • Control costs and minimize the security risks of conducting business more openly with Access Manager, which provides open, standards-based access control, single sign-on and federation services
  • Gain the perfect platform for implementing SOA and Web 2.0 applications with Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server, a robust, commercial, J2EE 4-compliant application server that makes building robust, scalable enterprise applications easier than ever
  • Effectively manage identities in growing and dynamic environments using Directory Server Enterprise Edition, a secure, highly available, scalable, and easy-to-manage directory infrastructure
  • Get the scalability, reliability, and advanced security necessary for large-scale enterprise deployments with Sun Java System Message Queue, a leading business integration messaging server
  • Enable users and groups to work together easily and securely within a dynamic organizational structure through Sun Java System Portal Server
  • Manage the availability of applications services and data across local, regional and vastly dispersed datacenters using Solaris Cluster, the core of the Java Availability Suite, a multi-system, multi-site disaster recovery solution
  • Get high-performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers for the Solaris OS on SPARC, and both Solaris and Linux on x86/x64 platforms with Sun Studio
  • Use Web technologies as a competitive advantage by leveraging Sun Java System Web Server
  • Cache and filter Web content, boost network performance, and reduce user wait times with the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server
  • For those organizations not ready to implement the full Java Enterprise System, Java System Suites include:
  • Sun Java Application Platform Suite, which enables the quick assembly of communities and data sharing through a service-oriented architecture
  • Sun Java Availability Suite delivers a subscription based license to Solaris Cluster which provide a multi-system, multi-site disaster recovery solution.
  • Sun Java Identity Management Suite (see Identity Management section below)
  • Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (see Business Integration section below)
  • Sun Java B2B Suite, which enables organizations to securely automate and manage system-to-system communications among trading partners
  • Sun Java ESB Suite, which simplifies complex and costly messaging infrastructures by providing an advanced distributed enterprise service bus
  • Sun Java Web Infrastructure Suite, which helps organizations improve Web security, strengthen online relationships with their customers, and reduce web operations costs
  • Sun Java Communications Suite delivers industry-leading email, calendaring and real-time collaboration functionality for service providers and large organizations
  • Identity Management
    Manage, protect, store, verify, and share identity information throughout the organization and across extranets with the industry's leading solutions.
    Learn more about Sun's Identity Management Solutions

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  • Reduce costs and compliance risk through converged provisioning and identity auditing with Identity Manager
  • Get a secure, highly available and scalable directory infrastructure with Directory Server Enterprise Edition
  • Provide access control, single sign-on and federation services using Access Manager
  • Manage digital identities across corporate boundaries with Federation Manager
  • Streamline access control and identity compliance by engineering and managing roles with Role Manager
  • Business Integration
    Speed time-to-market and be ready to quickly take advantage of new competitive opportunities by easily extending existing applications, building and deploying new custom applications or licensing and implementing new packaged applications — all while keeping costs low.

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  • Get everything you need to develop and deploy a service-oriented architecture with the Java Composite Application Suite
  • Read the Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite data sheet
  • Enjoy improved information visibility and business agility through the creation of an SOA
  • Access a free, open source, commercial-grade implementation of Java EE 5 through Glassfish, a structured environment for developing an open source application server compliant with Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5
  • Databases
    Sun offers multiplatform databases with a comprehensive range of certified software, support, training, and consulting to help ensure success.

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    MySQL database is the world's most popular open source database because of its fast performance, high reliability, ease of use, and dramatic cost savings.
  • For production support, monitoring tools and database software chose MySQL Enterprise
  • MySQL Cluster is a fault-tolerant database clustering architecture for deploying database applications
  • To embed or bundle a reliable relational database, OEMs/ISVs need MySQL Embedded Database
  • Fully integrated into Solaris 10, PostgreSQL for Solaris has been performance-optimized and enhanced to take advantage of leading Solaris technologies
  • Ideal for Java developers and applications, Java DB is Sun's supported distribution of the open source Apache Derby database
  • Office Productivity
    For an easy-to-use, full-featured, multi-platform office productivity suite at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft Office, the StarOffice 8 Office Suite is a cost-effective, flexible alternative.

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  • Access powerful programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing, database, graphics, photo editing, and Web publishing through StarOffice
  • Get multi-platform flexibility; StarOffice is available on the Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms as well as the Solaris OS
  • Download OpenOffice, a multi-platform open source project that forms the core of StarOffice, free of charge at OpenOffice.org
  • Systems Management
    Simplify, integrate, and automate system and application deployment with Systems Management software from Sun.

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  • Integrate and automate the management of thousands of heterogeneous systems as a single system through Sun Connection
  • Speed application deployment across heterogeneous environments by leveraging the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System
  • Simplify administration with the in-depth monitoring and management capabilities for Sun enterprise servers available through Sun Management Center
  • Accelerate system deployment of Sun servers with Sun N1 System Manager
  • Get the discovery, update, provisioning, monitoring, and reporting technologies from both Sun Connection and N1System Manager through Sun xVM Ops Center
  • Developer Tools
    Sun enables developers to build secure applications faster with no-cost access to industry-leading tools.

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  • Create cross-platform Java desktop, enterprise, and web applications using NetBeans
  • Get the best compilers and tools for application development on the Solaris OS and a complete development toolset for Linux with Sun Studio 12
  • Tap into a range of communities, resources and Java Development Tools in the Sun Developer Network
  • Quickly create high-impact content for a wide range of devices using JavaFX Script
  • Leverage an extensive library of APIs and SDKs
  • High-Performance Computing
    Meet growing data demands and contain costs with Sun's range of high-performance computing software.

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  • Access high-performance applications and compute power instantly on a pay-per-use basis through Network.com
  • Manage a grid of up to ten thousand hosts and meet the scalability needs of even the largest grids with Sun Grid Engine
  • Run complex, compute-intensive applications on Sun systems and clusters of Sun systems using Sun HPC ClusterTools software
  • Develop distributed, parallel applications that leverage Sun HPC ClusterTools software and Sun Grid Engine software using the Solaris HPC Developer Preview
  • Turn bare-metal systems into a running HPC cluster by running the Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition
  • Get remote visualization and collaboration over the network on a variety of client devices using Sun Shared Visualization software
  • Drive multi-display, 3D immersive environments on Sun systems and clusters of Sun systems with graphics accelerators using Sun Scalable Visualization software
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