Solaris 10 for 10
Sunday, 20 February 2005Sun Microsystems, Inc. ( Nasdaq: SUNW ) today announced that ten significant educational software vendors have committed to the Solaris 10 Operating System ( OS ) - the most advanced OS in the industry today. New ISVs, representing the areas of life sciences, math libraries, mechanical engineering, grid storage software, library automation, e-learning and administrative computing, are rapidly porting to Solaris 10.
The proven high availability, extreme performance and unparalleled security of Solaris 10 gives administrators, educators and student developers the powerful tools they need to both build the wall-less Digital Campus and offer global research capabilities; with the goal of connecting everyone and everything with a biological or digital heartbeat. Ten ISVs supporting Solaris 10 are:
Administrative Assistants, Ltd.
Blackboard
CloverWorxs
Endeavor
Edustructures
HarvestRoad
MindIQ
OptimaNumerics
SIRSI
WebCT
"Education is quickly becoming as distributed as business," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Software, Sun Microsystems. "The digital campus requires an operating system that can handle today's distributed workloads. Educational software vendors, who demand a high level of power and flexibility, are rallying around Solaris 10 as the operating system of choice. This is an exciting endorsement for Sun and Solaris 10 that follows quickly on the heels of our commitment to open source Solaris for the education, developer and enterprise communities."
Solaris 10
The economics of low-cost x86 hardware, combined with the powerful Solaris 10 OS, makes it a first choice for universities and institutions. On SPARC®, AMD or Intel platforms, Solaris 10 delivers unparalleled availability, performance and security - all at an extremely competitive price. In addition, on AMD’s 64-bit Opteron processors, Solaris 10 provides a seamless migration path into the 64-bit computing environments of the future, an especially valuable resource in an educational environment.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. ( Nasdaq: SUNW ) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Source: I-Newswire
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