CANNES,
"When it comes to innovative design, performance and scalability, Sun is
an x64 industry leader," said
"The benefits of lower capital and operating expenses, business
continuity, security and a greener datacenter are driving strong demand for
VMware virtualization software on Sun x64 server and storage systems," said
Sun and VMware will continue their robust qualification program of VMware products on Sun systems. The companies will also work to ensure that the Solaris(TM) Operating System will continue to be a first-class guest operating system on VMware virtualization software, and VMware Infrastructure will be a first-class datacenter virtualization run-time and management stack on Sun x64 systems. The two companies plan to also collaborate on system management configuration, deployment and monitoring for each other's products.
Selected Sun x64 servers are available for a free 60-day trial as part of Sun's Try-and-Buy program, which includes a free 60-day evaluation of VMware Infrastructure. More information on the Try-and-Buy program and eligible systems is available at http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy/products.jsp. Sun also offers its own complete virtualization portfolio that includes unified software management tools and virtualization of operating systems, servers, storage, desktops and chips - both inside and outside the box. More information on Sun's desktop-to-datacenter virtualization portfolio is available at http://www.sun.com/virtualization.
In conjunction with today's announcement, Sun will showcase Sun Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 2.0 during VMworld
For more information on the VMware/Sun relationship, go to http://www.vmware.com/sun.
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capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen
security and go green. With 2007 revenues of
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
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