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 ...

Sun Microsystems has revealed that the next release of its Solaris operating system will contain enhanced security features developed through the company's close ties with the US military and ...

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 ...

Sun Microsystems is working hard to ensure that Linux and Solaris play well together. The server seller is continuing its effort to integrate Linux interfaces into its Solaris operating system, a move ...

Only a few days ago, Transitive Corporation announced the release of QuickTransit for the Solaris operating system on SPARC to Solaris on x86/64 systems. If you aren't familiar with Transitive or ...

On November 9, Oracle officially launched Solaris 11, the latest generation of the operating system it acquired with Sun Microsystems. Oracle is hyping the latest version of Solaris as the "first ...

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While the Unix operating systems Solaris and HP-UX are still in active development, they’re not particularly popular anymore and are mostly relegated to some enterprise and data center environments ...