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Solaris 10 x86: Mission Critical or Mission Possible?

Does Solaris 10 x86 work? Is it just hype? Is anyone using it? We get asked these questions a lot at Egenera. Solaris x86 is here to stay and adoption seems to be growing. The combination of bulletproof Solaris and commodity-based hardware components with mainframe class software is just too attractive to ignore. Like many [...] Read More

Sun: Back in blades?

The Sun Blade 6000 Modular System has been out for a couple weeks and what little dust there was has settled. Actually, I haven’t seen too much out there in the form of analysis beyond the usual news pieces (have you?). Perhaps that’s a signal that – again – the industry is taking a “wait [...] Read More

Intel and Sun: How Times Have Changed

Wow! Intel and Sun have finally decided to play nice together. After years of bickering, these two have announced a joint partnership where Sun will utilize Xeon chips and Intel will support Solaris 10.  My how times have changed. I suppose this is good for the industry…good for the customer…adds more choice in the market, [...] Read More