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Sun forms alliance with Intel

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SAN FRANCISCO: Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation has announced a strategic alliance centered on Intel's endorsement of the Solaris Operating System (OS) and Sun's commitment to deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise and telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors.

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The agreement spans Solaris, Java and NetBeans software and Intel Xeon microprocessors, as well as other Intel and Sun enterprise-class technologies. The alliance also includes joint engineering, design and marketing efforts.

Intel embraces Solaris as a mainstream OS and the enterprise class, mission critical UNIX OS for Intel Xeon processor-based servers. Intel also endorses Sun's Solaris, Java and NetBeans products and will actively support the OpenSolaris and open Java communities from which they continue to evolve.

Sun plans to deliver a comprehensive family of Intel-based systems with uni-, dual- and multi-processor based servers and workstations supporting Solaris, Windows and Linux. Intel and Sun will also collaborate around greater than four processor scale-up systems optimized for the Solaris OS.

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“We are thrilled to be working with Sun to make Solaris on Intel Xeon processors a solution for our enterprise customers worldwide,” said Paul Otellini, president and CEO, Intel. “Bringing together the best technologies from both Sun and Intel will result in innovative products for years to come.”

As part of this alliance, Intel has also signed a Solaris OEM agreement enabling Intel to distribute and support the Solaris OS to its customers as market opportunities may arise and consistent with Intel's product strategies. Intel and Sun will encourage independent software vendors (ISVs) and system providers to expand their offerings for Solaris on Intel-based systems, and Intel will support Sun in its efforts to optimize applications for Solaris on Intel Xeon processor based systems.

Both companies expect this alliance to expand the reach of Intel Xeon processor and Solaris OS based solutions. The two companies will also work together on the rapid adoption of key enterprise-class Intel and Sun technologies for Sun’s systems based on Intel Xeon processors including Intel Virtualization Technology, Intel IO Acceleration Technology (IOAT) and Intel Demand Based Switching.

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