Sun has tallied over 300,000 registered licenses of its SolarisTM 9 Operating System (Solaris OS) (x86 Platform Edition) since the debut of the Sun JavaTM Enterprise System. Sun attributes the increased demand to a customer desire for the secure, reliable and performance-oriented Solaris OS on a variety of x86 systems.

"By utilizing the Solaris OS x86 platform, we were able to take advantage of the Solaris OS threading library, enabling Gracenote to provide improved performance on Intel-based hardware," said Matthew Leeds, VP Operations, Gracenote, a provider of information services for digital music and media. "This performance gain directly benefits developers at music companies like Sony and Real Networks, allowing them to provide customers with faster, more reliable service."

Sun hopes the surge in demand will lay a foundation for continued growth and interest in the Java Enterprise System. Customers and partners from industries including telecommunications, entertainment and finance are already benefiting from Solaris OS (x86 Platform Edition). These include GetMore Securities, Gracenote, Maya Online, the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research and Tellme Networks, Inc.

"Customers are finding real value in the security, performance and stability of Solaris OS x86 platform. And with the Java Enterprise System users can further extend their value by taking advantage of the integrated software components on x86 hardware -- provided by Sun, or our OEMs and partners," said Ann Wettersten, vice president, systems software product marketing, Sun Microsystems. "The recent increase in demand -- including ISV adoption, increased hardware support and channel partners -- demonstrates that customers from key industries such as telecommunications and financial services are benefiting from Solaris (OS) x86 platform cost savings today. Whether it is operating systems, network identity services, portals, communications and collaboration, security, availability or Java Web services, Sun is committed to driving out cost while increasing value to our customers and partners."

"System stability is definitely our critical success factor. In the past, online game companies often developed their products on NT platform, which created a problem of system instability and complicated administration," said Huang Chi-cheng, COO of Maya Online. "Maya Online is the first online game company in Taiwan to develop its product on a Solaris (OS) platform. During the process, we were very excited to see the advantages of high stability, cross-platform operation and workload balance." [...read more...]

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