Fujitsu, Sun Micro unveil co-developed servers

To protect customers' existing data center investments, Sun guarantees 100 per cent Solaris binary compatibility, meaning full backward compatibility to legacy systems running on older Sun systems.

The new SPARC Enterprise servers will include six models. Entry models use the Ultra SPARC{trade} T1 processor developed by Sun Microsystems. Mid-range and high-end models use the SPARC64 VI processor developed by Fujitsu. These systems deliver up to 50 per cent more performance than current SPARC-based servers. All the new servers run the Solaris10 operating system.

Mr Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Business, Fujitsu Siemens, said that India, along with China is a very important market and that the company has started a new division for India from April 1. Mr Tom Atwood, Group Marketing Manager - SPARC systems, Sun Microsystems, said that it was significant that one of the first few systems at this level was shipped to India.

Taken from Business Line