Sun Certifies Netra Server for Solaris 10

As an established leader in the telecommunications industry, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (www.sun.com) continues to set the standard for carrier-grade operating systems with Solaris 10. Sun has certified its Netra server line of telecom hardware for the Solaris 10 OS.
"Used by the ten largest telecom equipment providers worldwide, Solaris is the most widely deployed and most secure carrier-grade operating system on the planet," said John Loiacono, executive vice president, Software Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

"My team is very excited about the new features contained in Solaris 10," said Ron Watson, Platform Development director at Lucent. "The new architecture will allow us to deploy and upgrade systems and applications more reliably and seamlessly, with greater precision. The anticipated improvements in availability, fault detection, and performance are key for our carrier-grade customers."

Sun recently made the source code to Solaris available at opensolaris.org under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL). This OSI approved open source license allows network equipment providers (NEP's) to safely develop innovative new solutions for distribution under their own terms. Solaris 10 is indemnified by Sun, providing its customers and partners with patent, copyright and trademark infringement protection.
Since the launch of Solaris 10, 870 partners have joined Sun's "10 Moves Ahead" partner initiative and will support 1300 applications on Solaris 10.

"Sun is a leader in the carrier-grade telecommunications infrastructure equipment due to its outstanding reputation for reliability," said R. Paul Singh, vice president of Business Development at Veraz Networks.

Sun's Solaris OEM and System Builder Program helps telco providers and other businesses deliver competitive offerings on AMD Opteron-based and Intel Xeon-based systems.

"PDSi's broad line of SPARC, AMD, and Intel-processor-based servers, combined with Solaris, are designed to meet the stringent demands of telecommunication equipment providers and carriers," stated Chris Winslow, president and COO from PDSi.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- 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 Participation Age.