A previously secret licensee of SCO Group's Unix intellectual property has revealed its identity: Unix leader Sun Microsystems. SCO's Unix licensing plan got a major boost of publicity in May when ...

The first update of Sun's new version of the Unix operation system speeds up servers and makes sure network performance is up to snuff, according to the company. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

The UltraSparc IV+ processor will double the performance of Sun's Unix servers. The chip, however, soon will face competition. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

The Solaris 9 update released Wednesday, the sixth update since Solaris 9 shipped in 2002, is certified for the Sun Fire V20z server, which uses an optimized version of Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron ...

Linux is enjoying growth, with a contingent of devotees too large to be called a cult following at this point. Solaris, meanwhile, has thrived as a longstanding, primary Unix platform geared to ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Some think not. In a brief memo written March 1 to HP CEO Mark Hurd -- broadly distributed by Sun to media outlets Wednesday-- McNealy urged HP to agree to converge HP-UX with Sun's Solaris 10.

Sun Microsystems Inc. rolled out the latest upgrade to its Solaris operating system Wednesday, announcing a plan to add key middleware and management components that broaden the capabilities of its ...

You’ve heard of LAMP, the popular open-source infrastructure stack featuring the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, MySQL’s database, and the Perl, Python and PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) ...

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday revamped its mainstay Unix servers with the new UltraSparc IV+ processor, a chip that doubles server performance but that soon will face new competitors. As first reported ...