Sun Microsystems announced their Web hosting services based on Solaris 10 OS. The Sun partner hosting initiative helps small companies get to market fast while saving on costs

May 2, 2007 – (TopHosts News Brief) – Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced the launch of Web hosting based on the Solaris 10 Operating System(OS), and Sun systems and storage.

Through the Sun partner hosting initiative, Web hosting partners Joyent and NaviSite can offer low-cost infrastructure and services to help startup companies grow their business. Launched in November 2006, the Sun Startup Essentials program assists eligible U.S. based startup companies get to market faster while saving money. U.S. based members of the Sun Startup Essentials program can take advantage of this offer.

“Sun is working closely with Joyent and NaviSite to help build a highly scalable hosting infrastructure for startups and established companies,” Juan Carlos Soto, vice president of Marketing at Sun Microsystems, said in a WebWire release. “We are pleased that Joyent and NaviSite have chosen Solaris 10 and the Sun platform for hosting Web 2.0 applications and that they are working with Sun to provide affordable hosting plans that are flexible and easily scalable, helping startups to grow their business.”

Joyent and NaviSite are utilizing Solaris Container virtualization technology, part of the advanced Solaris 10 OS, to deliver secure and high-performance infrastructure to help deploy next-generation Web applications that can scale based on demand. Sun’s partners also supply services to manage and monitor their hosted environments.

For more information visit http://www.sun.com.