In a classic example of rivals coming together to advance a market sector, IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are collaborating on server technologies. The agreement calls for Sun's Solaris operating system to run on IBM servers. The idea apparently grew out of a meeting Sun president and CEO Jonathan Schwartz had a year ago. "We're thrilled to be working with IBM to bring the Solaris OS to the broadest market possible — they are a natural partner for Sun," said Schwartz. By participating as one of more than 800 partners in the IBM BladeCenter ecosystem, Sun has effectively joined others in the industry helping IBM in the development and adoption of open blade server platforms.

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