According to their press release: Scalent Systems, the leading provider of server infrastructure repurposing software for large enterprise data centers, today announced that its Virtual Operating Environment (V/OE) 2.0 software now supports the Solaris 10 operating system. Scalent has certified Sun's x64 (x86, 64-bit) and SPARC Sun Fire servers, including the Sun Fire server line with CoolThreads technology, and will bundle Solaris 10 with Scalent V/OE 2.0, leveraging Sun's Solaris OEM program. Scalent V/OE 2.0 provides a just-in-time server repurposing solution for Solaris, enabling Solaris customers to dramatically increase data center flexibility and improve asset utilization.

Today's enterprise data centers face escalating costs stemming from out-of-control server sprawl, fluctuating server utilization and rapidly changing operational demands. These challenges result in lower business efficiency, a lack of IT agility and reduced bottom-line success. Unlike many traditional virtualization solutions, Scalent V/OE can meet all of these challenges. Scalent's solution addresses the entire data center environment, not just the individual server "box." Scalent V/OE enables data center operations owners to rapidly change entire systems and associated topologies -- which servers are running, what software is running on them and how they're connected to network and storage -- without altering physical infrastructure.

"Scalent has the ability to dynamically repurpose entire Sun x86 and SPARC environments running Solaris," said John F. Davis, vice president, Global Channel Strategy and Marketing, Sun Microsystems. "With Scalent's ability to abstract not only the software stack, but also the associated network and storage connectivity, Scalent V/OE brings flexibility and business agility to our customers' data centers. Additionally, customers can gain significant time-to-market and productivity advantages by utilizing Sun's N1 management software to automate system and application deployment."

"The combination of Sun servers and Scalent's Virtual Operating Environment creates a cost-effective and flexible infrastructure, enabling customers to respond quickly and successfully to the dynamic and difficult challenges facing large data centers today," said Kevin Epstein, vice president of marketing, Scalent Systems. "We look forward to continuing to work with Sun technologies to deliver added flexibility and cost benefits to Sun customers."

For more information, visit the company's Web site.

Posted by David Marshall on August 28, 2006 03:14 PM