Sun Boosts SMB Virtualisation

January 19, 2009: Sun has given small to medium sized businesses a virtualisation boost, announcing new solutions aimed specifically at that section of the market.

The company has expanded its portfolio of SMB offerings with the introduction of two new virtualisation solutions combining Sun's x64 server and open storage products with VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V software.

Sun says that the new solutions deliver tested and optimised storage and server configurations that make virtualisation deployment easier than ever before. The new offerings pair the Sun Fire X4150, Sun Fire X4250, Sun Fire X4450 servers and Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage systems with VMware ESX, and Sun Fire X4250 server and Sun Storage J4200 systems with Microsoft Hyper-V.

With one of these solutions, Sun says that SMBs can build an agile IT environment that can quickly respond to evolving business needs via rapid virtual server deployment, costs reduction and optimised performance through maximum server and storage utilisation.

“Sun has been helping the world's largest companies with virtualisation for years,” says David Simmons, senior director of Mid-Market Business at Sun Microsystems.

“Now we're bringing these capabilities to our SMB customers. Sun's x64 servers and new and innovative open storage systems combined with industry leading SMB virtualisation software allows customers to easily virtualise their IT environments increasing business performance and their competitive advantage in the marketplace.”

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