Symantec To Support Sun Fire X64 Systems15 February 2006
14 February 2006
Symantec To Support Sun Fire X64Systems
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announcedthat it is broadening its support of Sun Microsystemstechnologies to include the Solaris® 10 Operating System(OS) on the AMD Opteron® processor-based Sun Fire® systemswith its VERITAS Storage Foundation, VERITAS Cluster Serverand VERITAS NetBackup client solutions. This expandedsupport will enable Symantec to continue to deliverbest-in-class data centre management and availabilitysolutions on the Solaris 10 OS for any sized enterpriserequiring affordable performance.
The expandedcapabilities demonstrate Symantec and Sun s ongoingcommitment to help customers reduce complexity, improveutilisation and help ensure availability of business- andmission- critical information, while leveraging thecompelling price and performance benefits of the Solaris 10OS on Sun Fire x64 (x86, 64-bit) servers powered by AMDOpteron processors.
Both companies continue to heavilyinvest in engineering and testing focused on development ofthe new product offerings running on an expansive range ofstorage hardware. In addition, Sun and Symantec arecollaborating on joint marketing and sales initiativeshighlighting the benefits of the two companies solutionsand the value they deliver to enterprise customers.
"Thisannouncement is a significant milestone in the strategiccollaboration between Symantec and Sun," said Niall Wall,vice president of business development and alliances,Symantec. "Now customers can use Symantec s market-leadingstorage management, availability and data protectionsolutions running Sun s Solaris 10 OS on both x64 and SPARCplatforms."
Customers are looking to take advantage of thesignificant price/performance benefits of deploying theSolaris 10 OS on Sun s x64 platforms. Symantec s expandedportfolio of offerings address these needs and offers thefollowing benefits:
- Ease of Management: Customers canleverage a single storage and server managementinfrastructure across Sun s SPARC and x64 platforms thatwill provide consistent management tools for data centeravailability, storage management system administration.
- Cost Savings: Storage and server operational processremain unchanged, yet customers can take advantage of thecost saving, and price/performance, of Sun s x64 platformswithout compromising enterprise-level management.
-Seamless Migration and Flexibility: With VERITAS StorageFoundation, customers can seamlessly migrate to and fromexisting UNIX and Linux based systems to Solaris on AMDOpteron. Furthermore, they can migrate between heterogeneousstorage hardware platforms, giving them complete flexibilityand choice of server and storage platforms.
-Industry-Leading Functionality: IT organisations can utilisethe same industry-leading storage management, availabilityand data protection solutions with Solaris 8, 9 and 10operating systems while adding new capabilities specificallydesigned to take advantage of the latest innovationsincluded in the Solaris 10 OS on x64 platforms.
"WithSymantec s support of the Solaris 10 OS on Sun Fire x64servers, together we are bringing cost savings, seamlessmigration and flexibility and industry-leading functionalityto a broader range of customers," said Stephen Borcich, vicepresident of partner marketing, Sun Microsystems. "Sun slong history of building innovative alliances with companiessuch as Symantec continues to be a driving force behindnext-generation compute offerings."
Storage Management andData Centre Availability
VERITAS Storage Foundationsoftware now offers support for many of the latest featuresand enhancements included in the Solaris 10 OS, such asSolaris Containers, DTrace and new security functionalitywith Process Rights Management and Solaris Secure Execution.
As part of a data center availability solution, VERITASCluster Server provides increased levels of dataavailability for applications, databases and servers as wellas enhanced protection against downtime, whether planned orunplanned, over local, metropolitan or wide area distances.Moreover, VERITAS Cluster Server protects all Solarisenvironments and fully supports high availability solutions.
In the future, VERITAS Volume Replicator will fullysupport Solaris/Opteron platforms, giving customers theability to replicate and recover critical data regardless ofthe type of application or database, including Oracle RACdatabases, over any distance. Pricing and ProductAvailability
Storage Foundation pricing will be by servertier and pricing will start at US$400.
About Symantec Symantec is the world leader in providing solutions tohelp individuals and enterprises assure the security,availability and integrity of their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operationsin more than 40 countries. More information is available atwww.symantec.com.
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