For many organisations, SPARC and Solaris remain the backbone of mission-critical operations. These systems have supported everything from financial transactions to national infrastructure to high-volume transactional workloads — providing the reliability and stability that Solaris has always been known for.
But as the technology landscape evolves, and as Solaris expertise becomes harder to find, organisations are facing a new challenge: how to keep these vital systems running at peak performance, securely, and without disruption.
That’s where Solaris Managed Services from WTL come in.
Why Solaris Managed Services Are Now Essential
1. The Solaris skills gap is widening
The number of engineers with deep Solaris knowledge is shrinking fast. Skilled administrators are retiring, roles are being repurposed towards Linux and cloud, and recruiting Solaris expertise has become time-consuming and expensive.
WTL fills this gap instantly — giving you access to the UK’s leading Solaris specialists, without the overheads, recruitment challenges, or internal churn.
2. Reduce operational and support costs
Maintaining SPARC/Solaris environments can be costly. Vendor support fees increase annually, parts availability is declining, and downtime events can be expensive.
WTL’s Solaris Managed Services help you:
- Reduce support and maintenance costs
- Optimise performance to extend the life of your systems
- Avoid unexpected downtime and emergency spend
Many organisations save 20–40% simply by moving to a managed model.
3. Stabilise and secure business-critical workloads
Your Solaris workloads are too important to leave to chance. Whether you’re running financial services platforms, manufacturing systems, national operations, or enterprise databases — uptime matters.
With WTL’s managed service, you benefit from:
- Proactive system monitoring
- Patch and security management
- Performance tuning
- Resource optimisation
- Rapid incident response
- Continuous health checks
Our team ensures your SPARC/Solaris environment remains secure, stable and fully supported.
4. De-risk your long-term strategy
Many organisations plan to keep Solaris running for several years while modernisation strategies evolve — but operating without expert guidance is risky.
WTL helps you:
- Maintain Solaris safely for the long term
- Explore cost-effective alternatives
- Build a migration strategy (when the time is right)
- Understand the pros and cons of remaining on SPARC vs transitioning to Oracle Linux
You retain flexibility and control — with zero pressure.
5. Improve resilience and disaster recovery
Legacy systems often lack modern resilience features, and rebuilding expertise internally is difficult.
WTL enhances your resiliency by providing:
- Backup strategy design and execution
- DR planning and testing
- Failover support
- Compliance and audit assistance
We ensure your systems remain recoverable and compliant — even if internal knowledge leaves.
6. Extend system life and maximise your investment
Many organisations have invested heavily in SPARC hardware and Solaris licences. Replacing these platforms prematurely can be expensive and unnecessary.
WTL helps you extract maximum value from your existing estate by:
- Tuning performance
- Prolonging hardware lifecycle
- Ensuring software and firmware alignment
- Reducing operational strain
Your Solaris environment runs better, lasts longer and costs less.
Why WTL? Because Solaris Is in Our DNA
For more than 35 years, WTL has been at the heart of the UK’s SPARC/Solaris ecosystem. While others moved on, we continued to invest, train, develop, and support organisations running Solaris — and we remain the go-to partner for businesses that depend on it.
WTL provides:
- The UK’s leading Solaris engineering team
- Deep knowledge across Solaris 8–11, SPARC T/M/F series, and mixed estates
- A proven managed services framework
- 24/7 support options
- Close alignment with Oracle, including Premier Partner status
- A trusted approach built around stability, continuity and long-term planning
No other provider in the UK offers this level of Solaris depth and operational experience.
Ready to protect the future of your Solaris environment?
WTL can provide a free initial review of your SPARC/Solaris estate and outline the safest, most cost-effective long-term strategy for your business.
Contact us to get started.