While the Unix operating systems Solaris and HP-UX are still in active development, they’re not particularly popular anymore and are mostly relegated to some enterprise and data center environments ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is adding an advanced, more powerful 128-bit ZFS file system, new virtualization technologies and the Postgres open-source database to its Solaris 10 Unix operating system, as ...

Only a few days ago, Transitive Corporation announced the release of QuickTransit for the Solaris operating system on SPARC to Solaris on x86/64 systems. If you aren't familiar with Transitive or ...

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During VMworld 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc. previewed its new software offering that helps to provide a more secure and manageable virtual desktop environment. Installed on the company's Solaris ...

Some IT users may question the need for running Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Solaris operating system on IBM’s Power processor — something the chip wasn’t designed for. But for Solaris developer Dennis ...

Sun Microsystems has launched the latest version of its Solaris operating system and overhauled its pricing model to better compete with Linux. Solaris 10 includes 600 new features that Sun hopes will ...

Sun Microsystems has begun releasing an update for Solaris 8, its version of the Unix operating system, that can dish out Web pages faster and is easier to manage, the company said. Solaris 8 update ...