During this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Dan Roberts discuss Oracle Solaris IPS, the new network-based Image Packaging System. For this, they are joined by Bart Smaalders, a Senior Software Engineer in the Oracle Solaris Core OS development team. Hear about how this new technology was designed from the ground up, how it utilizes other Solaris technologies like ZFS snapshots and clones, how it helps overcome the challenges that are involved in system patching, and how it delivers many other advantages.