Sun Microsystems, Inc. announces the industry's first fully integrated solution to harness the management complexity of distributed computing. Called Solstice(TM), the new software offering delivers the industry's first set of products to scale and manage large heterogeneous networks, such as those in telecommunications and financial services companies, utilizing distributed computing technologies.
These solutions decrease the complexity of managing enterprise-wide networks while significantly lowering the total cost of operation, giving companies the flexibility of distributed computing with the control of centralized management. In addition, Sun also announced a Solstice partners program which features more than 150 software vendors with over 300 applications, delivering to customers a range of solutions for their enterprise-wide management needs.
The Solstice family offers 15 products that cover all aspects of enterprise management including fault and performance management, storage, configuration, and security. Significant products in this new family include Solstice(TM) AutoClient(TM), Solstice(TM) Cooperative Consoles(TM), Solstice(TM) Enterprise Manager(TM), and Solstice SunNet(TM) Manager(TM) for the SPARC® and x86/Pentium(TM) environments.