Competitive Edge Delivered to Solaris SPARC Users; Program Lets SPARC Hardware Manufacturers Ship New Hardware with the Latest Version Of Solaris.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1995--A program announced today by SunSoft, Inc. ensures that users of the Solaris operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. on SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill hardware from participating system vendors will always get the latest, most up-to-date release of the Solaris operating environment. Five major SPARC-based original equipment manufacturers have already signed on to participate in the SPARC Hardware Partners Program, including Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Computer Company, Fujitsu Ltd., Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, , Cray Research See Cray. Superservers, Inc. and Axil ax·il n. The upper angle between a lateral organ, such as a leafstalk, and the stem that bears it. [Latin axilla, armpit. Computer, Inc. This new initiative enables these hardware suppliers to deliver products that are compatible with the most recent release of Solaris. End users benefit from having the latest Solaris technology, enabling businesses to be more competitive through networked computing, scalability and multiarchitecture support. The SPARC Hardware Partners Program provides participating system vendors with up-to-date information on a quarterly basis so they can stay synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. with development of the Solaris operating environment. Additionally, SunSoft is publishing the binaries of participating SPARC hardware partners on SunSoft's Solaris SPARC CD in the Solaris shrink-wrapped product. "We want to give our customers the absolute latest version of the Solaris operating environment with our SPARC-based systems, but our hardware development cycles were not always in synch with SunSoft's Solaris release schedule," says Al Belmonte, Manager of Developer Relations, Axil Computer. "As a member of this program, we can send our kernel or bootable driver binaries to SunSoft who verifies their compatibility with Solaris, publishes them on the Solaris CD and then releases them as a `Solaris hardware publication'. We ship our customers this latest Solaris hardware update produced by SunSoft, which includes our device driver and installation software." Publishing support for hardware-dependent binaries on the latest release of the Solaris operating environment, the world's leading 32-bit UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). operating environment, offers partners extensive benefits, including sharing in the equity of the Solaris brand name. "Having one Solaris CD that supports hardware from multiple manufacturers has significantly raised customer and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. confidence in the hardware product's compatibility with Solaris," said Jack Collins, Director of SunSoft's SPARC Hardware Partners Program. "As a result of this program we expect to see increased sales of the Solaris operating environment and Solaris-related products." Additional benefits include international sales opportunities, greater access to SunSoft's engineering resources and product planning Product Planning is the ongoing process of identifying and articulating market requirements that define a product’s feature set. See also
Availability The SPARC Hardware Partners Program is part of SunSoft's successful Catalyst Developer program, a comprehensive set of technical and marketing services designed to accelerate development of solutions based on Solaris. The program includes all of the benefits of membership in the Catalyst program. There is no fee to join either the Catalyst program or the SPARC Hardware Partners Program as a Basic Member, which includes access to product specs and information. Publishing member fees vary, and include binary publication on the Solaris SPARC CD and additional support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . All programs are available to qualified suppliers and developers immediately. For more information call 1-800-SUNSOFT (prompt No. 1). Outside of the U.S. call 1-512-434-1511. About Solaris Solaris is the most powerful, flexible operating environment for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. today, allowing both large and small business to grow and evolve without sacrificing hardware and software investments. As the world's No. 1 UNIX environment, Solaris commands an installed base of two million users and supports our 10,000 native 32-bit applications. Solaris Enterprise Solutions deliver business results through laptop-to-mainframe scalability, built-in networking and compatibility across SPARC, x86/Pentium and PowerPC Platforms. Whether for enterprises migrating to client/server networks, managing and connecting PC workgroups to enterprise data, accessing the Internet, or running popular applications on powerful desktop computers, Solaris provides the power, performance, quality and reliability needed in today's mission critical business environments. About SunSoft SunSoft, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., with offices worldwide. SunSoft's charter is to design, market, sell and support the industry's highest-quality software environment to enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage through information systems. SunSoft delivers a suite of solutions that easily and cost-effectively connect, integrate and manage large enterprise environments. The products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide. -0- Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, SunSoft, the SunSoft logo and SPARC are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International See SPARC. , Inc. All other products or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: SunSoft, Inc. Diane McGary, 415/336-1379 or Hi-Tech Communications Jennifer Giles, 415/904-7000, ext. 237 |
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