Sun Microsystems

Established in 1993, EMC's global partnership with Sun Microsystems has provided thousands of joint customers with advanced information storage management solutions on the Sun Solaris platform. The EMC/Sun alliance ensures the highest levels of solution performance, availability, and cost-effectiveness along with an unmatched total customer experience through:

• Well-established collaboration in development
• Software cross-licensing programs
• Cooperative support agreements

EMC provides industry-leading information lifecycle management strategies that complement Sun's portfolio offerings to meet mutual customers' most demanding business and IT requirements. Together, we help you get the most value for your information at every stage of its lifecycle.

Interoperability testing

At the EMC eLab we work closely with Sun to provide thoroughly tested and supported products and configurations that perform at the highest levels in our mutual customers' storage management infrastructures. EMC interoperability testing and qualification means that you have the information and support that you need for successful deployment. In addition to our collaboration on prerelease products, our interoperability and qualification initiatives extend into the following areas:

• Sun Cluster Open Storage Program — As a qualified vendor in the Sun Cluster Open Storage Program, EMC offers joint customers tested storage components for their mission-critical Sun Cluster deployments. See the Sun Cluster Open Storage Program matrices at www.sun.com that include EMC Symmetrix and EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems.
• Oracle9i RAC and Oracle 10g RAC for the SUN Solaris platform — EMC and Sun guarantee an unbreakable environment for Oracle Real Application Cluster technology (RAC). Sun platforms are qualified by the EMC E-Lab for Oracle10g RAC and Oracle9i RAC environments.