Tata Sky DTH to use IT solution services of Sun Microsystems

Tata Sky DTH to use IT solution services of Sun Microsystems

Tata Sky has roped in the services of Sun Microsystems to provide IT solutions for their upcoming DTH venture for the Indian market. This direct-to-home (DTH) television service is expected to be launched sometime this year and would bring in the much-needed competition to Zee Dish TV.

As per incoming reports, Tata Sky would be using a combination of Sun Fire E20 servers running ‘UltraSPARC(R) IV+’ based processors and Sun Fire Workgroup servers. These servers would be powered by Solaris (TM) 10 operating system with Sun N1 (TM) System Manager to ensure maximum up-time, fault recovery and load management.

Mr. Vikram Kaushik, CEO, Tata Sky spoke about this deal with Sun Microsystems: “Sun’s offerings will enable us with a technology infrastructure that is best-of-class and geared to deliver high service level standards that we are targeting.”

Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik, Managing Director, Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd added: “Our products are highly capable and reliable, making it easier for us to deliver mission critical applications for the most exciting new DTH TV project in the world.”