SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SUNW)
and Intel Corporation today announced a broad strategic alliance
centered on Intel's endorsement of the Solaris(TM) Operating System OS)
and Sun's commitment to deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise
and telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel(R)
Xeon(R) processors. The scope of the agreement spans Solaris, Java(TM)
andNetBeans(TM) software and Intel Xeon microprocessors, as well as
other Intel and Sun enterprise-class technologies. The alliance also
includes joint engineering, design and marketing efforts.
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As
part of today's announcement, Intel is embracing Solaris as a
mainstream OS and the enterprise class, mission critical UNIX(R) OS for
Intel Xeon processor-based servers. Intel also endorses Sun's Solaris,
Java and NetBeans products and will actively support the
OpenSolaris(TM) and open Java communities from which they continue to
evolve.
Sun is committed to leading on performance and energy
efficiency in its server product line. After a comprehensive evaluation
of industry platform solutions, Sun has decided to complement its
current offerings with platforms based on Intel Architecture optimized
for Solaris beginning in the first half of 2007. Sun believes Intel's
model of alternating new microarchitectures with new process
technologies on an annual basis will offer outstanding building blocks
for Sun's customers.
Sun plans to deliver a comprehensive family
of Intel-based systems with uni-, dual- and multi-processor based
servers and workstations supporting Solaris, Windows and Linux. Intel
and Sun will also collaborate around greater than four processor
scale-up systems optimized for the Solaris OS.
"We're excited
about Intel's long term Xeon road map and the performance we're seeing
with Solaris and Sun Java on the Xeon platforms," said Jonathan
Schwartz, president and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "And Intel's
endorsement for and agreement to OEM Solaris opens markets for both of
us across the world. This is truly a landmark relationship for the
industry."
"We're thrilled to be working with Sun to make
Solaris on Intel Xeon processors a great solution for our enterprise
customers worldwide," said Paul Otellini, president and CEO, Intel.
"Bringing together the best technologies from both Sun and Intel will
result in innovative products for years to come."
As part of
this alliance, Intel has signed a Solaris OEM agreement enabling Intel
to distribute and support the Solaris OS to its customers as market
opportunities may arise and consistent with Intel's product strategies.
Intel
and Sun will strongly encourage independent software vendors (ISVs) and
system providers to expand their offerings for Solaris on Intel-based
systems, and Intel will support Sun in its efforts to optimize
applications for Solaris on Intel Xeon processor-based systems.
Intel
and Sun also believe that the combination of Sun's open source Solaris
and Java development environments and the Intel architecture provide a
solid platform for ISVs to develop and deliver applications and web
services to deliver outstanding differentiated value to enterprise
customers. The Solaris platform is supported by more than 2000 ISVs on
800+ platforms that deliver the essential scaling, functionality and
security capable of handling explosive network growth.
Both companies expect this alliance to expand the reach of Intel Xeon
processor and Solaris OS based solutions. Solaris adoption will be driven
by
the Intel Xeon processor's significant market presence and in turn
Solaris will give Intel a broader presence in the datacenter,
virtualization and high performance computing space. The two companies
will also work together on the rapid adoption of key enterprise-class
Intel and Sun technologies for Sun's systems based on Intel Xeon
processors including
Intel(R) Virtualization Technology, Intel(R) IO Acceleration Technology
(IOAT) and Intel(R) Demand Based Switching.
Information
about the Solaris OS can be found at www.sun.com/solaris. It can also
be downloaded and used for free at www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
.
Information about the NetBeans integrated development
environment, which can also be downloaded and used for free, can be
found at www.netbeans.org
Information about Intel Xeon processors can be found at www.intel.com/products/processor/xeon/ .
To view a live webcast of the press conference at 10 a.m. PST, go to http://www.sun.com/ .
About Intel
Intel,
the world leader in silicon innovation develops technologies, products
and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live.
Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom .
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in
the development of technologies that power the world's most important
markets.
Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building
communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the
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