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Solaris 10 Operating System

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The free and open source Solaris Operating System—available on hundreds of x64/x86 platforms and supported for thousands of open source and ISV applications and partners.

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Use Solaris 10 for:

Virtualization for business in real-time
Learn how to build out your virtual enterprise with Solaris.

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Keep your global enterprise running 24x7.

A Secure Web Infrastructure
Secure your web servers with Solaris 10.

Simplified and Optimized Datacenter
Do more - with no license fees.

Strategic Development Platform
Get the most performance out of your applications.

World Record Performance

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World Record Solaris

World Record Solaris

Solaris 10 has set multiple performance and price performance world record benchmarks for various workloads.

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IBM Expands Support for the Solaris OS on x86 Systems
IBM will distribute the Solaris OS with Sun Solaris support subscriptions on select x86-based servers

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Migrating to Solaris 10 Podcast
Listen to Dan Roberts, Director of Solaris, OS and Database Marketing and Larry Wake, Group Manager of Solaris Strategic Marketing as they discuss migration of enterprise and web tier customers to Solaris.
OpenSolaris and Availability
Sun contributes Solaris Cluster to new HA Clusters community.
Ready to Move to Solaris 10?
Concerned about Red Hat forced upgrades? Solaris is a better alternative.

Competitively-priced Solaris 10 subscriptions designed for you.
Get Solaris on the Inside
Get Solaris Performance on the inside even if it says HP, IBM or Dell on the outside.
Next-Generation Web Technologies

Get the modern desktop environment for Solaris, Java, and Web 2.0.

Get superior tools and performance for your AMP stack with Solaris 10.

Jumpstart your startup with enterprise-grade systems and cutting-edge technologies

Security Features with Solaris 10

View examples of how to solve real-world business problems with Solaris 10.

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