The latest update to Sun's Solaris operating system will include the 128-bit ZFS, an open-souce database and more predictive self-healing functionality for AMD platforms.

Sun Microsystems Inc. is adding a more powerful file system, new virtualization technologies and the Postgres open-source database to its Solaris 10 Unix operating system.

Solaris 10 will still debut on Nov. 15, but Sun won't release details of its open-source plan for the operating system for several weeks due to continuing discussions with open-source experts.

While the Unix operating systems Solaris and HP-UX are still in active development, they’re not particularly popular anymore and are mostly relegated to some enterprise and data center enviro… ...

Looks like Sun's sticking to its promise to make sure Solaris plays well with Linux--the company's working hard to plug Linux interfaces into its server operating system.

Sun Microsystems is revamping the start-up process for its Solaris operating system, scrapping an awkward, elderly approach for one the company promises will be faster, more familiar and more ...

The company says this is the most secure version of the operating system ever released, and plans to integrate the Xen hypervisor into Solaris 10 in the first half of 2007.