Dell and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVAD) have signed an OEM agreement for Dell to make the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and Solaris support services available directly to customers for select Dell PowerEdge servers.
ROUND ROCK, Texas & SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON) November 14, 2007 --
Dell and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVAD) have signed an OEM agreement
for Dell to make the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and Solaris
support services available directly to customers for select Dell
PowerEdge servers.
The multi-year distribution agreement was announced live from Oracle
OpenWorld, where Sun President and CEO, Jonathan Schwartz and Dell
Chairman and CEO, Michael Dell, are keynote speakers. With this
announcement, Dell is expanding the range of enterprise-class operating
systems it offers to its customers and Sun is expanding the reach of its
Solaris OS.
As part of the relationship, Dell and Sun will cooperate on system
certification and the development of offerings based on Solaris and Dell
solutions. In addition, Dell and Sun have agreed to work together to
secure support from key ISVs for Solaris on Dell PowerEdge servers. Both
companies will work to ensure the combination of Dell PowerEdge servers
and the Solaris OS delivers customer choice and value for applications
that demand reliability, security, scalability, performance and
integrated virtualization.
"Dell's offering of Solaris redefines the market opportunity for both
companies," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO, Sun Microsystems.
"The relationship gives Dell broader reach into the global free software
community with Solaris and OpenSolaris and gives Sun access to channels
and customers across the volume marketplace."
"Part of our focus to simplify IT means delivering customers choice and
by adding Solaris to our solutions set we are able to do that," said
Michael Dell, chairman and CEO, Dell.
For more details on the agreement, visit: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/dell
or http://www.sun.com/news.
For more information on Solaris, visit: http://www.sun.com/solaris
and for more information on Dell PowerEdge Servers, please visit http://www.dell.com/poweredge.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative
technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its
direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services
company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com
, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels,
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About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation,
community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in
more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, and The Network Is The
Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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