Solaris

Crims target telcos' Linux and Solaris boxes, which don't get enough infosec love

CrowdStrike says 'LightBasin' gang avoids Windows, and knows that telco networks run on badly-secured *nix

Security20 Oct 2021 | 23

They think it's all over. It's not now: US judge rejects HPE motion to have Oracle's Solaris sueball dismissed

Here we go again

Legal15 Jun 2021 | 8

Oracle exhumes ‘Older, Still Useful Content’ penned by Solaris and SPARC veterans

Posts look to have evaporated along with employee privileges

On-Prem29 Jan 2021 | 20

Oracle starts to lose patience with Solaris holdouts

Users who won’t upgrade to 11.4 given three-year warning of unpleasantness to come

Software15 Oct 2020 | 77

Yo, sysadmins! Thought Patch Tuesday was big? Oracle says 'hold my Java' with huge 334 security flaw fix bundle

House of Larry delivers massive update for 93 products

Databases15 Jan 2020 | 7

From humble Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to president of Sri Lanka

Today you toil. Who knows what tomorrow brings?

Legal18 Nov 2019 | 42

Oracle splats 300 vulns in MySQL, Database, Fusion, etc, pours fresh brew of Java SE terms

Multiple pre-auth remote code exec holes need pasting over, enterprise IT giant warns

Databases16 Apr 2019 | 22

Dust yourself off and try again: Ancient Solaris patch missed the mark

Privilege escalation bug was still sitting there 11 years later

Security24 Jul 2018 | 8

Oracle pledges annual Solaris updates for you to install each summer

And a plan to have users of Sun hardware upgrade if they want Solaris 11.4 and proper patches

Software20 Apr 2018 | 17

Oracle whips out the swatter, squishes 254 security bugs in its gear

Java fixes lobbed out, Spectre Solaris patches issued

Security19 Apr 2018 | 12

Terix boss thrown in the cooler for TWO years for peddling pirated Oracle firmware, code patches

Big Red all smiles after black-market support biz bosses jailed

On-Prem06 Apr 2018 | 36

Solaris 11.next becomes Solaris 11.4, but new features aren’t set

Delivery promised some time in 2018, as Big Red says Solaris updates prove it can do continuous integration

Software09 Jan 2018 | 13

SPARC will fly: Your cheat sheet for cocktail banter at Oracle's upcoming shindig

OpenWorld Or a little historical insight for those not going

Software27 Sep 2017 | 27

Confirmed: Oracle laid off 964 people from former Sun building

WARN notice lists 1,008 layoffs in total

On-Prem12 Sep 2017 | 22

Looking forward to Solaris 11.next this year? Whomp-whomp. Check again in 2018

Operating system release pushed back to next year

On-Prem08 Sep 2017 | 33

Solaris update plan is real, but future looks cloudy by design

Oracle OpenWorld catalog mentions virtual SPARC on cloudy x86, migratory motions

SaaS05 Sep 2017 | 26

Oracle staff report big layoffs across Solaris, SPARC teams

Storage products in peril, too, but Big Red declines to comment

On-Prem04 Sep 2017 | 63

MongoDB quits Solaris, wants to work on an OS people actually use

Says users are migrating away, criticizes Oracle's roadmap and ends builds and support, effective ASAP

Software29 Aug 2017 | 36

Oracle's systems boss bails amid deafening silence over Solaris fate

No reason given for Fowler's exit, no new exec named and no sign of continuous delivery

On-Prem02 Aug 2017 | 36

Solaris, Java have vulns that let users run riot

What's big, red and has 308 patches, 30 of them critical? Oracle's quarterly patch dump

Security19 Jul 2017 | 15

Open-source world resurrects Oracle-free Solaris project OmniOS

People power!

Software13 Jul 2017 | 16

Dark times for OmniOS – an Oracle-free open-source Solaris project

OmniTI calls time on Illumos-inspired operating system

Software25 Apr 2017 | 54

Oracle patches Solaris 10 hole exploited by NSA spyware tool – and 298 other security bugs

Mega load of updates lands for tons of Big Red gear

Security19 Apr 2017 | 14

Solaris admins! Look out – working remote root exploit leaked in Shadow Brokers dump

Updated x86, Sparc running Solaris 6-10 at risk

Security11 Apr 2017 | 22

Solaris continuous upgrades have already begun, says Oracle

But Big Red's staying schtum about the new cloud services on its recently-updated roadmap

Software27 Jan 2017 | 5

Solaris 11.next plan brings continuous delivery of OS upgrades

Oracle reckons killing big bang OS releases also kills application upgrade hassles

Software24 Jan 2017 | 13

Oracle lied: Database giant is axing hundreds of staff – at least 450 in its hardware div

Larry's biz swings the axe after denials and silence

On-Prem23 Jan 2017 | 27

Resistence is futile: HPE must face Oracle over Solaris IP

Terix partnership pulls PC maker into Larry's crosshairs

Software23 Jan 2017 | 14

Solaris 12 disappears from Oracle's roadmap

Instead we're getting version '11.next', 'SPARC.next' and a Big Red SPARC IaaS

On-Prem18 Jan 2017 | 51

Linux in 2016 catches up to Solaris from 2004

Veteran dev says timed sampling's arrival in Berkeley Packet Filter makes Linux 4.9 a match for Solaris' DTrace

OSes01 Nov 2016 | 35

Down and out? Rimini's Oracle slap spells trouble – for Oracle

Comment 'Not a war on independents,' but independents should beware

Channel16 Oct 2015 | 17

Oracle: Docker container tech will be in the Zone on Solaris

Larry's Unix to support cross-platform containers with unique Solaris features

Software30 Jul 2015 | 18

Five years of Sun software under Oracle: Were the critics right?

Oracle-Sun anniversary They said Java, MySQL and Solaris were all doomed

Channel28 Jan 2015 | 66

Solaris fix-it firm offers free Bash patch for legacy Oracle kit

Sets up camp on moral high ground as lawsuit rages on

Systems16 Oct 2014 | 6

Done with Microsoft and Adobe patches? Good, here's Oracle's load

Java, Database, Fusion Middleware among recipients in latest update deluge

Databases15 Oct 2014 | 4

Meet Solaris 11.2, where SDN means 'Software-Defined Net profit'

Analysis This time, Larry's Oracle is going after the networking giants

SaaS05 Aug 2014 | 9

Oracle sees more SDN light, joins OpenDaylight

Software-defined networking to shine forth from Solaris 11.2

Channel06 Jun 2014 |

Comcast dragged into muck in Oracle's Solaris fix-it lawsuit

Oracle wants to see its Solaris licenses, but Comcast wants nothing to do with it

Legal08 May 2014 | 26

Solaris deposed as US drone-ware, replaced by Linux administration

Death from above brought to you by the happy, peaceful world of open source

OSes07 May 2014 | 74

Oracle melds its 'cloud OS' with OpenStack in Solaris 11.2 release

Second update covers the former Sun system with cloudy goodness

Software30 Apr 2014 | 5

Oracle accused of breaking US competition law over Solaris support

Lawsuit counterattack attempts to park Sherman tank on Larry's lawn

On-Prem28 Apr 2014 | 53

SPARC and Solaris will live until at least 2019

Oracle reveals three generations of silicon and Solaris 12 release schedule

Software07 Apr 2014 | 24

Judge shoots down Oracle's Solaris support 'trafficking' claim

But infringement, competition, false advertising claims still hang over Terix and Maintech

Software23 Jan 2014 | 25

Fujitsu to push 28 nanometer limits with Sparc64 X+

Hot Chips Drop-in upgrade sports more oomph for Solaris shops

Systems29 Aug 2013 | 5

Oracle revs up Sparc M6 chip for seriously big iron

Hot Chips Bixby interconnect scales to 96 sockets

Systems28 Aug 2013 | 31

Oracle deploys lawyers against Solaris fix-it duo

More allegations of third parties pinching Ellison & Co's code

Software30 Jul 2013 | 14

Oracle to resell Fujitsu 'Athena' Sparc64-X servers ... worldwide

The more Sparcs, the merrier, apparently

Systems10 Apr 2013 | 48

Fujitsu launches 'Athena' Sparc64-X servers in Japan

And Larry has slapped the Oracle labels on them, too

Systems25 Jan 2013 | 13

Oracle's mighty Sparc plug fries Fujitsu, bigs up new processor

Analysis El Reg drills into database giant's decision to go it alone

Systems02 Nov 2012 | 25

Oracle customers DEMANDED infrastructure cloud

OpenWorld 2012 Ellison's public IaaS cloud whips out private IaaS parts

OSes01 Oct 2012 | 2

Fujitsu to embiggen iron bigtime with Sparc64-X

Hot Chips So is this the Sparc M4 on Oracle's roadmaps?

Systems04 Sep 2012 | 6

Oracle hurls Sparc T5 gladiators into big-iron arena

Hot Chips At my interrupt signal, unleash hell

Systems04 Sep 2012 | 45

HP started then spiked HP-UX on x86 project

Juicy Itanium trial document firehose opened

Systems23 May 2012 | 45

Solaris shops bunged cash to upgrade old duffers

Oracle spring cleans Sparc base

On-Prem23 Apr 2012 | 16

Oracle gives away updated Ops Center control freak

Solaris 11 under its thumb

OSes04 Apr 2012 | 2

IBM boasts of Power-AIX win at E-Trade Korea

Ellison loses another Sparc/Solaris shop

Channel15 Mar 2012 | 19