Purportedly, a leaked internal memo to the Solaris Engineering team states OpenSolaris distribution releases have ceased along with nightly source code drops. The Solaris 11 Express binary release, which is expected to be available later this year, will be offering developers a free right-to-use (RTU) license, and customers will have an optional support plan. Besides these aspects of the OS, Oracle's business objectives for Solaris also were discussed in the memo.
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During a live Webcast held Aug. 10, Oracle Executive Vice President for Server and Storage Systems John Fowler discussed a five-year road map for Sun's SPARC-based servers and next year's planned release of Solaris 11.
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Dell and HP will certify and resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM on their respective x86 platforms. The company announced that Dell and HP customers will have full access to Oracle’s Premier Support for all three of its operating systems. For Oracle, the new agreements with HP and Dell represent an opportunity to expand its operating system and related software business.
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Oracle is anticipating it will complete migration of relevant content from developers.sun.com, java.sun.com, and BigAdmin to the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) site on July 19. The OTN site is set up with different entry points for Java Developers, Database Admins and Developers, System Admins and Developers, and Architects so specific information related to each of these types of users can be accessed readily. Oracle states that it is attempting to preserve the familiar information architecture of Sun's sites to facilitate ease of use for Java and Sun users.
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Oracle posted solid fourth-quarter fiscal results with an increase in net profits and revenue by 25 percent and 39 percent, respectively, when compared to the same period last year. The rise in profits was attributed to higher revenue from databases and business software as well as hardware sales from the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Revenues went up from $6.9 billion a year ago to $9.5 billion.
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As Oracle announces its new Oracle Business Process Management (BPM) Suite 11g, the company also states that it is committed to the investments of Sun customers in business process management technology. Specifically, the BPM technology within the Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS or JCAPS) is promised to be protected, and migrations will not be forced as Oracle moves toward transitioning to a converged product line over time.
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