The service is based on the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun systems and storage.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., a provider of customer-centric managed services, today announced the availability of Web deployment hosting services based on the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun systems and storage.

According to the company, by joining the Sun partner hosting initiative, Web hosting partners Joyent and NaviSite can provide infrastructure and services to help startup companies start and grow their business.

"Sun is working closely with Joyent and NaviSite to help build a highly scalable hosting infrastructure for startups and established companies," said Juan Carlos Soto, Vice President of Marketing at Sun Microsystems. "We are pleased that Joyent and NaviSite have chosen Solaris 10 and the Sun platform for hosting Web 2.0 applications and that they are working with Sun to provide affordable hosting plans that are flexible and easily scalable, helping startups to grow their business."