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 ...

The technology make better use of Solaris 10's virtual partitions, which Sun calls Solaris Containers. The Santa Clara, Calif., company also unveiled new servers designed to leverage the new ...

Sun's BrandZ technology, which lets Linux applications run on a virtual slice of a Solaris x86 installation, is finally ready for prime time. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

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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 ...

Oracle praised the Solaris operating system when it agreed to acquire its creator, Sun Microsystems , but the actual beauty of this fine piece of engineering was left unexplained. Here's a look at the ...

At a press conference in Boston, the Santa Clara, Calif. company said it will begin supporting and distributing Postgres with Solaris 10 within 30 days and offer 24-hour by 7-day worldwide support.

Sun Microsystems is sprucing up its Solaris 10 operating system with security and virtualization improvements. Yesterday’s release of Solaris 10 11/06 is intended to make Solaris the most secure ...

The new price model, intended to help the software maker compete against Red Hat's Linux operating system, is expected to be in place by the end of April. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

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 ...