Sun Microsystems is looking at providing its Java Enterprise System customers with a database solution that will take advantage of existing open-source database technologies, or a product developed in-house.

ohn Loiacono, Sun Microsystems Inc.’s executive vice president for software said that customers are also looking to Sun to give them the ability to have database services tightly integrated with the platform, beyond what they get in the directory.

“They are looking for transactional, persistent data services, and to do that they are looking to us for a solution to that problem. Sure, they can go and plug in Oracle if they have a site license, but many are saying they want the ability to run some caseload, that’s maybe 10 or 20 percent of their workload, on an open-source database,” he said.

Sun will look at the existing open-source databases for a short-term solution in this regard, but is also looking at the long term, Loiacono said.

Source: eWeek