Sun Microsystems and Intel® help companies reduce costs, improve asset utilization, simplify their IT environment through deploying either VMWare ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization software on Sun Fire x64 severs.

Due to Sun's strategic relationship with Intel, enhanced virtualization performance can be achieved through specifying Sun Fire x64 systems based on Intel's latest Nehalem™ processors which have specific virtualization innovations which: Reduce IT costs, risk and complexity through reducing server count, power consumption, footprint & environmental cost. Increase asset utilization through increasing system utilisation from 20% to 80%. Enable and accelerate the easier roll-out of new applications through highly flexible and cost effective infrastructure.