Sun and OpenLogic

Overview

Spending too much time selecting, sourcing, supporting, and managing open source software packages in your environment? Now you can deploy, manage, and control an enterprise-ready, commercial-grade open source software infrastructure with software, stacks, and services from OpenLogic. Maximize the value of open source software while increasing productivity and reducing costs.

Alliance Overview

As the largest contributor to the open source community, Sun understands the incredible value in integrating open source software to help all organizations - from startups and Web 2.0 companies to small, medium, and large enterprises - realize their business goals. But managing and supporting hundreds of open source software packages on hundreds of systems is a daunting and time-consuming task that can reduce the saving of utilizing free software. To help IT organizations fully realize the value of open source software, Sun is working with OpenLogic to provide their offerings on the Sun platform on Solaris, Linux, and Windows. OpenLogic and Sun Datasheet.

At a Glance

Ability to flexibly configure and integrate over 200 open source software packages
Extensibility features to build customer stacks with open source software, commercially-licensed software, and in-house software
Consolidated support for open source software on Solaris, Windows, and Linux, including Sun Cool Stacks
Open source software policy management and auditing controls
Easy access to licenses and a knowledge base of expert information

Perspectives

"Sun has made some tremendous contributions to the open source community. By working with Sun, OpenLogic is bringing OpenLogic Enterprise and hundreds of open source packages to the enterprise-scalable Solaris platform enabling our (joint) customers to grow their businesses with open source."

- Stormy Peters, Director of Community and Partner Programs

What's New

Inventory Your Installed Open Source Software
OpenLogic Discovery is a free software tool that helps IT organizations identify the open source software installed on Solaris, Linux, and Windows workstations and servers. OpenLogic Discovery finds 900 of the most commonly used Java technology-based development tools, libraries, and server applications.

Best Practices Scorecard - Evaluate Your Open Source Policies and Procedures
The Open Source Best Practices Scorecard helps you evaluate your organization's open source policies and procedures. This tool consists of 32 questions. At the end of the survey, you'll receive a printable scorecard report that includes your answers as well as industry best practices.