Interoperability and the Solaris™ 10 Operating System Interoperability from the Desktop to the Data Center Across a Range of Systems, Software, and Technologies < Investment protection in heterogeneous environments Today, businesses rely on complex, geographically dispersed computing infrastructures that often consist of hundreds of heterogeneous hardware and software platforms from a wide variety of vendors. If these environments are to remain manageable, organizations must be able to rely on interoperable products that work well together. At the same time, as organiza- tions evolve their computing environments with an eye toward improving cost-effectiveness and total cost of ownership (TCO), heavy investments in servers, operating systems, and applications must be protected, and dependence on specific hardware or software vendors must be avoided. The Solaris™ 10 Operating System meets these challenges through a number of different ways, from interoperability with both Linux and Microsoft Windows-based systems through support for a wide range of open standards and open source applications. Interoperability with Java™ technology Windows on a Solaris system by installing a Highlights The Java™ technology revolution has changed SunPCi™ card. The Solaris OS also supports An ideal platform for heteroge- how people think about interoperability by open standards and interfaces that make it neous computing, the Solaris™ no longer tying application design to a specific easier to interoperate with Microsoft Windows 10 OS: platform. Running on every major hardware systems. Authentication interoperability can • Supports open standards such platform and supported by virtually every be achieved through the Kerberos protocol as UDDI, SOAP, WSDL, and XML software vendor, Java technology enables using the Sun Enterprise Authentication • Provides source and binary business applications to be developed and Mechanism™ software built right into the compatibility for Linux applica- operated independent of operating systems. Solaris 10 OS. Separately, LDAP authentication tions and interoperability with The Solaris 10 OS provides a rich set of features can also be used to access a Microsoft Active Microsoft Windows for Java technology-based development and Directory server from a Solaris client. • Includes Perl, PHP, and other deployment, including two Java 2 Platform, popular scripting languages Enterprise Edition (J2EE™ platform)-compliant Interoperability with Linux • Includes Apache, Samba, application servers — the Sun Java™ System Sun’s commitment to open systems stretches Sendmail, IP Filter, BIND, and Application Server and the open source back over two decades. Since the Linux oper- other open source software Tomcat server. ating system comes from the same roots, the • Supports Java™ technology- Solaris OS and Linux are complementary and a based application development Interoperability with Microsoft Windows natural fit to work together in most any envi- and deployment with Java 2 The Solaris OS offers a variety of different ronment. As Linux interfaces continue to evolve, Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) and Standard Edition features for interoperability with Microsoft the Solaris OS maintains source-level compati- (J2SE™) technologies Windows. Samba, which is integrated into the bility, helping to ensure that applications Solaris OS, allows Sun clients and servers to developed for Solaris or Linux software will • Provides source-level compatibility, allowing Solaris and Linux appli- access file and print services in a Microsoft compile and run on both platforms. This cations to compile and run on Windows network. The StarOffice™ office suite includes the addition in the Solaris OS of both platforms provides interoperability with Microsoft Office libraries such as Glib, zlib, and Tcl/Tk; scripting file formats. Users can even run Microsoft 2 Data Sheet Interoperability and the Solaris™ 10 OS sun.com/solaris and shell utilities such as Perl, Python, zsh, tcsh, Common free and open source software Learn More and bash; and common user and administrative and tools Get the inside story on the trends interfaces such as GNOME, KDE, and Webmin. In addition to contributing software to the open and technologies shaping the future In addition, in an update to the Solaris 10 OS, source community, Sun also helps you leverage of computing by signing up for the Sun the Solaris Linux Application Environment will the power of free and open source software Inner Circle program. You’ll receive a allow users on x86 systems to take existing, (F/OSS) by providing it to you up front with the monthly newsletter packed with informa- unmodified Linux binaries and run them on the Solaris 10 OS. You don’t have to download, tion, plus access to a wealth of resources. Solaris platform. This new level of interoperability compile, test, and integrate the tools you need. Register today at sun.com/joinic. will give users access to the applications they The Solaris 10 OS includes 187 software products prefer while at the same time enabling them to from the F/OSS community, also popular on reap the benefits of Solaris 10 functionality. Linux platforms, including: • Apache, Tomcat, and multiple Zebra routing Common desktop and infrastructure protocols for network and Web services Conclusion software • Bison, GCC, Perl, and Python tools for soft- For businesses that rely on heterogeneous In addition to interoperability for Java technology- ware development environments, the Solaris 10 OS empowers based development, Sun provides integrated • IP Filter, TCP Wrappers, and Secure Shell users with new technologies and tools that let applications and environments that run across utilities for security them take advantage of the innovation, security, multiple operating systems. These include the • GNOME, Mozilla, and Evolution software for and performance of Solaris 10 software while Sun Java Desktop System and the Sun Java desktop usability protecting existing investments in applications, Enterprise System, both of which are available These free software components are either hardware, and training. on Solaris and Linux platforms. The Solaris 10 integrated directly into the Solaris 10 distribu- OS now includes the Java Desktop System — an tion or are included on the Solaris Software integrated, full-featured client environment Companion CD. that includes the Mozilla™ Web browser and the StarOffice office suite — providing a unified Additionally, F/OSS tools integrated into the desktop interface across Solaris and Linux Solaris 10 OS include the standard GNU devel- platforms. Components of the Java Enterprise opment utilities. Library support includes System are also included with the Solaris 10 OS, UNIX® standard functions as well as the most introducing an end-to-end software system that popular F/OSS libraries such as Glib, GTK, JPEG, can support all of your infrastructure service PNG, Tcl/Tk, TIFF, XML, and zlib, which can be needs on both Solaris and Linux platforms. used across Solaris and Linux platforms. Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone 1-650-960-1300 or 1-800-555-9SUN Web sun.com ©2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, J2EE, J2SE, Solaris, the Solaris logo, StarOffice, Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism, and SunPCi are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Mozilla is a trademark or registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. 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