Solaris Tag Index

First Unix release from Oracle now officially available, delivering what Oracle execs call, the world's first Cloud OS.

At last week's Oracle OpenWorld, the OEM offered a glimpse at upcoming changes for Solaris 11 and the Oracle Enterprise Kernel for Linux.

Oracle CEO announced new SPARC T-4 based systems while leveling a competitive barrage against IBM.

Oracle improves ZFS and system performance in latest Solaris update.

Oracle claims the top spot for Unix with Solaris and reveals it has its eye on the Linux top spot for its homegrown Linux distro, Oracle Enterprise Linux. Red Hat and HP express a mix of consternation and amusement. But is that the right reaction?
Tags: server os, Solaris, Unix server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle

Promises to double application performance on Sparc systems every two years.
Tags: Oracle, HPC, Sun, Solaris, server hardware

Oracle is investing in Sun's Unix and will use technologies from openSolaris as part of the next-generation release.
Tags: OpenSolaris, Unix server, Solaris, OS, Oracle

The company says that Dell and HP will be reselling Oracle's Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems.
Tags: Solaris, HP, Dell, Oracle

The Unix server world was abuzz last week with IBM kicking off the public beta of AIX 7, and HP launching a no holds barred offense to persuade former Sun customers to abandon SPARC/Solaris environments in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on ProLiant servers.
Tags: IBM, AIX, HP, Unix server, Solaris

Oracle's change tempo picks up as it changes the licensing rules for Solaris. OpenSolaris' open-source software song remains the same, however.
Tags: Solaris, Oracle, open-source software, OpenSolaris

OS Roundup: Are we heading back to an era where the OS is once again tied to the hardware? Seems unlikely in this age of commodity x86 servers, yet increasingly, ISVs and OEMs are limiting what can run where.
Tags: Mac OS X, OS, Windows, Solaris, x86 servers

OS Roundup: Is Oracle closing the door on Solaris in favor of Linux servers? Recent actions imply the company is determined to drive potential customers away from the UNIX offerings it acquired from Sun and into the arms of Red Hat and other enterprise Linux vendors.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, OS, Solaris, Linux server, Oracle

OS Roundup: The UNIX server market is steadily shrinking, yet the three top heavyweights are about to launch new products. It's a dog-eat-dog market, and IBM has already nibbled at Solaris. Is HP-UX the next course for this seemingly large and aggressive mutt?
Tags: Solaris, HP, IBM, Unix, Sun

Ellison outlines Oracle's open source direction now that the Sun acquisition has closed.
Tags: Solaris, Sun Microsystems, Linux, Oracle

Virtually Speaking: With Oracle's acquisition of Sun complete, will it be lights out for VirtualBox and other Sun virtualization technology?
Tags: Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Solaris, virtualbox, virtualization

Whenever an OS adds a killer feature, it's time to sit up and strike a pose. OpenSolaris' Time Slider is a prime example. The graphical tool provides a window into the OS's powerful snapshot feature.
Tags: open source, Sun Microsystems, open solaris, Sun, Solaris

OS Roundup: From Java to Solaris, Sun brings myriad good technology to the table, technology that Oracle will likely exploit and monetize.
Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, OpenSolaris, Oracle

Wondering what the next version of Solaris might look like? OpenSolaris offers some hints.
Tags: virtualization, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems, Storage, Solaris

OS Roundup: Desktop Linux deployments now exceed 1 percent. With Windows 7 on the horizon, will it continue to expand, or will the OS hit the wall because it just isn't Windows?
Tags: Windows 7, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows, desktop linux