May 23, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Network computing specialist Sun Microsystems (Sun.com) yesterday unveiled its Solaris 9 Operating Environment, the latest upgrade to Solaris, its popular Unix-based enterprise level operating system.
The company announced over 300 new feature enhancements in the areas of manageability, security, availability and scalability. One of the biggest improvements is the integration of key pieces of middleware, its popular application server software. Solaris 9 also includes Sun's Open Net Environment (Sun ONE), a platform for deploying on-demand services.
"Solaris 9 OE provides the industry's most complete platform architecture for today's mission critical applications," said Andy Ingram, Vice President of Marketing for Solaris software at Sun. "Solaris 9 OE is the only Operating Environment to deliver so many dimensions of middleware and application architecture built-in, while still allowing for the integration of third party applications. Furthermore, key components of security and provisioning are built right into the operating environment."
Sun includes a Solaris software license in the price of each hardware system it ships. For all others, Solaris 9 is available from $50 and up.
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