Sun has landed a high-profile customer for its Java Enterprise System software subscription service – The Vatican.
It seems The Holy See needed a new terrestrial messaging system and chose Sun’s Ultrasparc-based servers running Solaris, storage boxes and the company’s Messaging and Directory Servers.
“E-mail is one of the most important IT services we provide at the Holy See,” said Sister Judith Zoebelein of the Internet Office at the Holy See. “We now have an efficient, easy-to-manage enterprise communications solution that can reliably support our massive volume of daily e-mail traffic.”
According to The Register, after Pope John Paul’s death and the subsequent election of Pope Benedict, Vatican servers were overwhelmed with traffic and were switched from HP-UX to Solaris.
Via The Register
