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Sun Sticks to Virtualization Roadmap: Page 2 of 4

Despite accusations of 'schizophrenic marketing,' Sun is determined to follow its own virtual star
June 04, 2008

  • Sun has been reticent on when Ops Center will directly support Zones and/or Solaris Containers. A spokesman says only that it is on the roadmap and will be included in a future version.

    Later in February, Sun acquires Innotek, which makes a virtual desktop hypervisor called VirtualBox.

  • March 2008: Sun releases Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 2.0, a product that assigns and controls virtual desktops using VMware. The package can implement and control Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and other operating systems in virtual desktops. Note: It is not a virtual desktop hypervisor. Pricing is $149 per concurrent user.
  • May 2008: Sun releases VirtualBox 1.6, a virtual desktop hypervisor based on the Innotek product. Available free of charge as an open source edition under Gnu General Public License v2, VirtualBox supports Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and OpenSolaris hosts and supports Windows (all kinds, old and new), Linux, and OpenBSD guests, among others.
  • Summer 2008: Besides xVM Ops Center 2.0, Sun plans to ship Sun xVM Server, an x86 bare-metal hypervisor based on Xen community work. Sun has promised to include Solaris-specific features in this product.

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