Sun Microsystems first added virtualization features to its proprietary Unix OS with Solaris Domains, a technology that was found only on expensive, heavyweight Sun hardware such as the E10000. That’s ...

With an incremental update to its Solaris 10 OS, Sun is extending the platform’s virtualization capabilities to accommodate Linux and Solaris on the same computer. Sun will add to the Solaris ...

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 30, 2015) - Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is making significant moves to drive Oracle Solaris into cloud environments. After including a full distribution of OpenStack in ...

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The concept of Containers in Solaris is similar to that of 'Virtualization' in Linux or Windows. Using this technology one can run multiple applications on a single server and each application runs as ...

Following up on the April 2014 announcement of Solaris 11.2, a modern cloud platform including a full OpenStack distribution, Oracle has announced plans to integrate Docker into Oracle Solaris. Docker ...

Sun Microsystems plans to introduce a new feature in early January to let its UltraSparc T1-based servers run multiple operating systems simultaneously, partly matching abilities of rival machines ...

With the new Solaris 10, Sun is moving its stalwart NOS from proprietary hardware to off-the-rack Intel- and AMD-powered boxes. And since the download is free, it behooves any IT manager to load it on ...

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 ...