Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems is one of the key players in modern software and hardware virtualization.
Sun Microsystems: Background
Since 1982, Sun has brought together the world's brightest technical minds to solve the world's biggest technical problems. Our vision of "Everyone and everything participating on the network" means that when people are networked, they share, they interact, and solve problems.
Sun is best known for its excellent and ultra-reliable hardware. Sun's vision: the Network is the Computer, along with numerous innovations in hardware and software had helped Sun Microsystems maintain pioneering positions on the market for the past 25 years. Sun encourages open-source projects and actively leads and participates in many of them.
Sun virtualization solutions
This site has the following sections on Sun virtualization solutions to provide you with all the info and pointers you will need to get started:
- Solaris xVM – x86/x64 virtualization technology based on Xen
- Sun xVM VirtualBox – free desktop virtualization solution
- Solaris Zones (Containers)
- Solaris LDOMs
See also:
- Sun Microsystems: official website
- Sun Microsystems: a corporate brochure (PDF)
- Sun virtualization solutions
- OpenSolaris
Sun Microsystems at a Glance
Founded: 1982
Partners: 20,000+ (AMD, Microsoft, Oracle and Google among others)
Employees: 37,000
Locations: 100+ offices worldwide
Headquarters:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara , CA 95054 USA
Phone US: 1-800-786-0404
International: 1-650-960-1300
For more information, please visit the About Sun section of Sun's official website.
