Santa Clara (CA) - Sun revealed some details of its virtualization strategy, which is anchored in its Solaris 10 operating system. In a sea of very similar virtualization platforms and approaches, Sun believes that being different and adding value will be a significant contributor to success in this segment.
Virtualization may not be on the radar of the mainstream yet, but the technology is gaining traction in the enterprise field. Solutions, including hardware-based foundations such as Intel's VT or AMD-V, as well as a range of software technologies are beginning to be more visible as computer systems become powerful enough to support multiple operating systems on one processor.
According to Sun, enterprises are beginning to adopt virtualization capabilities on "larger scale". While virtualization is primarily used to consolidate existing installations and create more efficient computer systems, Sun believes that there will be a second wave of virtualization adoption that will focus to decreasing the deployment time of software within organizations.
