Sun Microsystems Inc is expected to reveal its network and systems management-under-one-hood environment on January 30. The object-oriented Solstice will embrace Sun’s enterprise-level multi-user Encompass network management system which is derived from NetLabs Inc’s Dimons environment. Sun will continue with SunNet Manager for existing users and both Encompass and SunNet Manager will feed information into Solstice. The idea is to provide a means of viewing managed systems from a single point and carve regional domains out of large network setups that can operate independently. It should appear as a product in the third quarter. With Solstice, Sun will attempt to halt an apparent slide in its network management market share towards rivals Hewlett-Packard Co OpenView and IBM Corp’s NetView for AIX.
