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A contract has been signed by Gaisler Research AB and Saab Ericsson Space AB. The aim of the contract is to develop and validate a System on a Chip ASIC intended for future European Space missions. The ASIC is based on the fault tolerant LEON2 processor, with additional functions to interface various equipment and payload within a spacecraft.

This contract is yet another example where the LEON processor is used in complex System On a Chip designs. The use of the GRLIB IP- library, ideally suited for SoC designs and implementing plug and play capabilities, greatly minimizes the engineering effort, says Sandi Habinc the System Manager of Gaisler Research AB.

About Gaisler Research AB

Gaisler Research AB is a provider of SoC solutions for exceptionally competitive markets such as Aerospace, Military and demanding Commercial applications. The Gaisler Research’s products consist of user-customizable 32-bit SPARC V8 processor cores, peripheral IP-cores and associated software and development tools. Gaisler Research solutions help companies develop highly competitive customer and application-specific SoC designs.

Companies mark one-year anniversary of relationship with focus on key customers and leading systems integrators, including Accenture, American Express, EDS, General Motors and NEC

In outlining progress between their two companies one year after their landmark agreement, Sun Microsystems Inc. Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer today announced a series of measures to enhance product interoperability, including the development of new specifications that enable Web single sign-on (SSO) between systems that use Liberty and WS-* Web service architectures.

The measures result from the broad 10-year technical collaboration agreement, announced in April 2004, that set the framework for increased cooperation between the companies to enable their products to work better together. The chief executive officers noted that over the past year the companies have made considerable progress building a productive work relationship at various levels and setting the foundation for a number of initiatives to address customer interoperability needs.

“Over the past year we have worked to establish great communication at all levels between our companies, from regular executive meetings to in-depth working sessions with our engineers,” said Ballmer. “In the first year, we’ve moved from the courtroom to the computer lab. Now we’re moving from the lab to the market.”

“Sun and Microsoft are working together … and quite well at that,” said McNealy. “A year ago, the skeptics doubted that we could agree on the shape of the table, much less collaborate on solving some of the industry’s toughest problems. Surprise – we did just that and today we’ve taken a huge step forward. Single sign-on experience between the Solaris-based Operating System, Sun Java Enterprise System and Microsoft Windows Server has been customers’ top request. This is just the beginning of a long list of projects we’re working on.”

The companies noted their strong outreach to customers in developing the relationship as well as identifying key areas and projects. Over the past year, top executives from both companies have spoken regularly to customers to get a better understanding of priorities and concerns. A key area for customers was product interoperability; in addition to the Web specifications, the companies also announced licensing agreements and product cooperation that address customer interoperability needs.

Web Single Sign-On (SSO)

The companies have jointly developed and published two draft specifications: Web Single Sign-On Metadata Exchange (Web SSO MEX) Protocol and Web Single Sign-On Interoperability Profile (Web SSO Interop Profile). These new specifications enable browser-based Web SSO between security domains that use Liberty ID-FF and WS-Federation. Products that support the Web SSO MEX Protocol and the Web SSO Interop Profile will enable companies to provide users with an improved Web SSO experience from their Web browsers.

As part of the companies’ ongoing commitment to improving interoperability across their respective product lines, Microsoft and Sun also announced plans to support the new specifications within their product portfolios, including Microsoft Windows Server and Sun Java Enterprise System.

Microsoft and Sun welcome participation in the further development of these draft specifications through the Web services protocol workshop process, and ultimately will submit them to a standards organization for finalization and ratification as industry standards. Drafts of the new specifications are available on Microsoft’s Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/understanding/specs/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnglobspec/html/wssecurspecindex.asp and Sun’s Web site at http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/identity/interop/index.html for anyone to review and comment on.

“The integration of the products of these two companies is critical to General Motors,” said Fred Killeen, director of Systems Development and chief technology officer for General Motors Information Systems & Services. “The reduction in integration cost and operational complexity will be a key enabler in implementing identity management initiatives for GM and for the industry as a whole.”

“Finding ways to improve interoperability and reduce overlap between the Liberty Alliance specifications and the WS-* Web services architecture is a primary goal of the Liberty Alliance,” said Michael Barrett, vice president, Security Strategy for American Express Co., and president of the Liberty Alliance from 2002 to 2004. “The Microsoft and Sun agreement showed a great deal of promise as a practical way to achieve that interoperability, and today’s announcements go a long way toward enabling the interoperability that enterprises and vendors both need.”

WS-Management Specification

Microsoft and Sun are collaborating on systems management to enable deep interoperability between their operating systems and management products. As part of this effort, the companies are collaborating on the development of the WS-Management a Web services specification, co-authored by Microsoft, Intel, Sun and other vendors, that defines a single protocol to meet management requirements spanning hardware devices, operating systems and applications. Sun will implement WS-Management in the Solaris 10 Operating System, management service processors in its x64-based Sun Fire servers and the Sun N1 management software tools, to provide full systems management interoperability across Solaris and Windows environments. In addition, Sun has created an implementation of WS-Management in Java programming language that it plans to release to the open source community at http://www.java.net. WS-Management also is a key component of the Microsoft Dynamic Systems Initiative and will ship as a standard part of Windows Server 2003 starting with R2.

Windows on Sun

Microsoft and Sun are committed to addressing customer needs in the field of 64-bit computing. The Sun Fire x64 server for x64 systems and Sun Java Workstation product lines carry the Designed for Windows logo, have passed Microsoft’s stringent compatibility testing suite and are listed in the Windows Catalogs. Sun and Microsoft also have signed an agreement providing Sun back-line support for Windows on Sun systems.

Systems Integrators

Leading system integration companies including Accenture, EDS and NEC Corp. also support the Sun and Microsoft relationship and are providing interoperability between Sun and Microsoft products for their customers.

“Accenture is deploying for clients numerous solutions that combine the Sun and Microsoft environments, which require that the J2EE and Microsoft .NET platforms interoperate,” said Don Rippert, chief technology officer at Accenture. “Microsoft and Sun are building easy interoperation into their product sets. This allows the Windows platform and the Java Enterprise System to communicate to ensure heterogeneous management, transaction integration and common authentication. Sun and Microsoft are providing what our clients are increasingly demanding: best-of-breed options based on proven interoperability from their technology providers.”

“EDS is excited to enhance its relationship with both Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, which is already strong under the EDS Agility Alliance,” said Charlie Feld, executive vice president, Portfolio Management, EDS. “EDS brings considerable expertise in delivering solutions combining Sun and Microsoft products and is a key partner in qualifying, delivering and supporting Solaris 10 on SPARC and AMD Opteron platforms from Sun. EDS also delivers Windows-based solutions on the AMD Opteron-based Sun Fire hardware platform”

“NEC is a strong partner to both Sun and Microsoft, and has considerable expertise delivering best-of-breed middleware solutions and services that help customers deploy and manage Sun and Microsoft technologies and products in their heterogeneous environments,” said Toshiro Kawamura, senior executive vice president and member of the board at NEC. “NEC strongly supports interoperability between Solaris/Java Enterprise System and Windows/.NET and is committed to expand our expertise to assist customers deploying advanced identity solutions.”

Protocol License for Sun Ray Thin Client Solutions

The companies announced that Sun has licensed Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol and will implement it in its Sun Ray ultra-thin client product line in the near future. This means that users of Sun Ray thin clients now can access Windows Terminal Services running on Windows Server 2003.

Windows Terminal Services enables users to remotely access and display Microsoft Windows running on Windows Server 2003 from a wide range of client devices, including those that do not run on Windows.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com

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Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Joel Hagberg, vice president, Marketing and Business Development will present at the 33rd annual JPMorgan Technology Conference in San Francisco, California on May 16-19, 2005. Hagberg is scheduled to speak May 18 from 2:15-3:00 p.m. and will discuss hard disk drive trends in form factor and interface connectivity for the mobile and enterprise markets.

The JPMorgan Technology Conference provides a forum for investors to learn about cutting edge technology trends from established industry leaders, emerging companies and globally minded service providers. This year, JPMorgan expects more than 250 companies, both public and private, to deliver presentations to more than 3,500 investors.

WHEN/WHERE:

Date: May 16-19, 2005

Event: JPMorgan Technology Conference

Location: Westin St. Francis San Francisco, CA

Presentation: May 18, 2005; 2:15 p.m. PDT

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, and Magneto-Optical drives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.
For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com

Press Contacts

Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite is a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.

Tarantella Acquisition Will Enable Sun to Deliver Desktop as a Service — From Windows to Linux to Mainframe Computing

As previously announced this morning, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) has entered to an agreement to acquire Tarantella, Inc. (TTLA.OB)

Already leaders in thin-client technology, the combination of Sun and Tarantella will allow the industry to deliver secure access to data and applications anywhere on virtually any Java enabled device as a service for just dollars per day. Sun believes this capability will be a catalyst for accelerating the adoption of a utility computing model for the desktop and is extending an invitation to service providers, OEMs, device manufacturers and others to build on this new business opportunities.

Using Tarantella’s technology and Solaris, more customers like Time Warner Cable, Qualcomm and the US Department of Defense will be able to implement Sun’s innovative Sun Ray ultra-thin clients with full Microsoft interoperability as well as access to their Mainframe, Linux and other applications.

The acquisition will further Sun’s strategy to deliver the most comprehensive set of services for Solaris; from traditional system services, to application, naming, directory, availability and now interoperability and mobility services. More than 1.3 million licenses of Solaris 10 have been distributed since January 31, 2005. It is certified to run on more than 375 non-Sun hardware platforms, runs on AMD x64, Intel Xeon and Sun’s SPARC processor architectures and is priced less than either Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Linux.

“The requirements for security, mobility, and ubiquitous access are huge growth drivers for client side computing,” said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Microsystems Inc. “Sun is poised to capture significant share in this sector by providing the most advanced, secure, and interoperable platform for network based client computing — Solaris. With Tarantella technology and Solaris, Sun will create a whole new desktop experience by securely and seamlessly bridging application platform, device type, and location, enabling the delivery of desktop services just as we get cell phone services today.”

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of Tarantella’s shareholders. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of Sun’s fiscal year 2006.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, N1 and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

This Press Releases contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding future results or financial performance of Sun Microsystems, Inc., including statements relating to the acquisition of Tarantella to enable Sun to provide the industry’s best interoperability and to deliver desktop as a service, to deliver secure access to desktop data and applications anywhere on virtually any Java enabled device for dollars per day, the belief that this combination will be a catalyst for accelerating the adoption of a utility computing model for the desktop, the implementation of Sun’s Sun Ray ultra-thin clients with full Microsoft Interoperability and access to Linux and other applications, the furthering of Sun’s strategy to deliver the most comprehensive set of services in Solaris, the belief that Sun is poised to capture significant share in this market by providing the most advanced, secure, and interoperable platform for network based client computing, the belief that Sun will create a whole new desktop experience by securely and seamlessly bridging application platform, device type, and location and the expected close of the acquisition in the first quarter of Sun’s fiscal year 2006. Such statements are just predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results and performance may differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference include uncertainties as to the timing of the merger, approval of the transaction by Tarantella’s shareholders and the satisfaction of closing conditions to the transaction, including closing conditions related to the consent of third parties, successful integration of Tarantella and its products, services, technologies and employees into Sun, developing and marketing new products, lack of success in the timely development, production and acceptance of new products and services and in technical advancements, Sun’s inability to compete successfully in the highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace, failure to retain key employees, cancellation or delay of projects, increased competition and continued adverse general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Sun’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Sun’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and Sun’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 26, 2004, December 26, 2004 and March 27, 2005.

After Delivering the First 2.5″ SATA Hard Disk Drive to Market, Fujitsu Increases Capacity and Durability for Mobile and Consumer Electronic Applications

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals and the first hard disk drive manufacturer to introduce a 2.5″ Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive, today announced its 100GB 2.5″ SATA hard disk drive. Following more than four years of SATA development on the reduced 2.5″ platform, the latest Fujitsu mobile hard disk drive maximizes Native Command Queuing (NCQ) performance, offers low power consumption, higher shock tolerance, quiet operation, and complies with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) standards.

In January 2004, Fujitsu announced the industry’s first and only 2.5″ SATA hard disk drive, a move that redefined the possibilities for manufacturers in emerging notebook, enterprise storage and consumer electronics markets. The Fujitsu MHV2100BH series hard disk drive features a hardware accelerator that maximizes NCQ performance, an important feature that enables the hard disk drive controller to intelligently and simultaneously queue and reorder up to 32 instructions, resulting in a significant improvement in overall hard disk drive performance. Moreover, the 100GB 2.5″ SATA drive reduces power consumption, making it equivalent to traditional parallel ATA hard disk drives with quiet operation and RoHS compliance.

“2.5” SATA hard disk drives are driving innovation in the mobile platform, near-line enterprise and consumer electronics markets. Fujitsu’s expertise and history with this platform ensures that our partners and customers can invest and build these exciting new applications,” said Joel Hagberg, vice president, Marketing and Business Development, Fujitsu Computer Products of America. “We will continue to work closely with other storage leaders to identify new opportunities for the 2.5″ SATA platform and do our part to increase performance and fuel product development.”

Additionally, Fujitsu announced its new MHV2080BS and MHV2080AS series hard disk drives, Extended Duty configurations of its already rugged 2.5″ SATA and PATA hard disk drive families. Fujitsu sees these extended duty models as one answer to the ongoing battle for improved durability, low power consumption, and near-silent operation. With up to 80GB of capacity, the new hard disk drives offer ample storage for multimedia presentations, digital audio and video, and graphics with the ability to function flawlessly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a result, they are particularity well suited for advanced storage requirements, including blade servers, network routers and POS applications.

Hard Disk Drive Specifications:

Leveraging its technology leadership and innovation, Fujitsu designed the MHV2100BH series hard disk drive to provide market-leading specifications that are critical for today’s mobile computing applications:

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, and Magneto-Optical drives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.
For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com

Press Contacts

Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite is a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) and Tarantella, Inc. (OTC: TTLA.OB) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Sun will acquire Tarantella for a cash purchase price of $0.90 per share, or approximately $25 million in the aggregate, and assumption of employee stock options. Tarantella is a leading provider of software that enables organizations to access and manage information, data and applications across virtually all platforms, networks and devices.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions,including regulatory approvals and the approval of Tarantella’s shareholders. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of Sun’s fiscal year 2006.

Sun will be hosting a conference call for press and analysts later today to discuss this transaction in more detail. For more information please contact Stephanie Von Allmen in Sun’s public relations department at 650-786-8589.

This Press Releases includes forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results contemplated in these forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the expected date of completion of the transaction in the first quarter of Sun’s fiscal year 2006 and other statements included herein are forward-looking statements and subject to risks and uncertainties, including among others: uncertainties as to the timing of the merger, approval of the transaction by Tarantella’s shareholders and the satisfaction of closing conditions to the transaction, including closing conditions related to the consent of third parties.

About Tarantella, Inc.

Tarantella, Inc. (OTC: TTLA.OB) is a leading provider of secure application access software. Tarantella’s Secure Global Desktop family of products enables organizations to access and manage information, data and applications across virtually all platforms, networks and devices. Secure Global Desktop allows enterprise customers to web-enable any enterprise application without costly rewrites, bridging the gap between vendors and ensuring that customers have complete access to business-critical information. Using Tarantella’s software, customers realize the benefits of secure corporate data, maximizing return on existing IT assets and improved productivity. The company markets its products through the Internet, key industry partners, and a worldwide distribution network. Tarantella is headquartered in Santa Cruz, Calif. For more information, please visit the Tarantella web site at http://www.tarantella.com.

Tarantella, Secure Global Desktop and the Tarantella logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tarantella, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify the products or services of, their respective owners.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com

Additional Information

Tarantella will file a proxy statement and other documents regarding the proposed transaction described in this Press Releases with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors and security holders are urged to read the proxy statement and such other materials when they become available, because they will contain important information about Tarantella and the proposed transaction. A definitive proxy statement will be sent to security holders of Tarantella seeking their approval of the transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by Tarantella with the SEC at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents may also be obtained free of cost by directing a request to Investor Relations, Tarantella, Inc. at 425 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 or 831 427 7222. Tarantella’s directors and executive officers may be deemed, under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Tarantella stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about Tarantella’s directors and officers can be found in Tarantella’s Proxy Statements and Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of those persons may be obtained by reading the proxy statement and other documents regarding the proposed transaction when they become available.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, N1 and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

First Product in New Line Offers TEMs a Completely Integrated SS7 Solution with Trillium Binary Code, Line Card and Management Software

Continuous Computing® Corporation, global provider of high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications, today announced the release of its new Trillium®+plus product line of Network Service-Ready Platforms™. The first product in the new line, Trillium+plus ISUP, is a high-performance SS7 solution that delivers all the standard Trillium ISUP features and has the added benefit of quick and easy integration into an existing network. With Trillium+plus products, telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) can focus on developing the application layer of any network element and have it performing within weeks rather than months.

Trillium+plus ISUP is a pre-integrated signaling solution that enables rapid Signaling System 7 (SS7) deployments in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), 3G wireless and Next Generation Networks (NGN). Comprised of high-performance Trillium ISDN User Part (ISUP) binary code, a line card that scales from two to 128 links in PMC or PCI form factors, and integrated management software, Trillium+plus ISUP enables TEMs to simplify and accelerate the deployment of SS7 network nodes.

“Trillium+plus represents a significant milestone in our product evolution,” said Ken Kalb, chairman, CEO and co-founder of Continuous Computing. “We continue to offer our complete range of industry-leading Trillium protocol software in source code form, and now Trillium+plus allows our customers the option of buying Trillium protocol stacks as pre-integrated, pre-certified and pre-tested binary solutions. In effect, customers can buy in at multiple levels of integration – either as building blocks or as complete integrated solutions.”

Garrett Choi, general manager of Continuous Computing’s Trillium business unit, stated, “The differentiating aspects of Trillium+plus products include the patented distributed fault-tolerant and high-availability (DFT/HA) architecture; the safety and security of having source code available; and significant price and performance advantages over alternatives. Support for multiple form factors such as AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI is also a key benefit.”

According to Chad Hart, senior analyst for Venture Development Corporation, “One of the biggest challenges for TEMs evaluating the move to AdvancedTCA platforms is the migration path of existing solutions such as PMC-based SS7 blades to the emerging AMC form factor. With Trillium+plus, Continuous Computing is in a position to offer true pre-integrated solutions to customers around the globe with a technology roadmap that includes AdvancedTCA. The added advantage is inherent support for various country and industry-specific variants plus the field-proven maturity of the underlying Trillium protocol signaling technology.”

Trillium+plus ISUP includes an integrated management software layer that combines all necessary stack configuration, alarming, reporting, fault management and element management functions. The software provides multiple customer interface options for industry-standard management application program interfaces (APIs) including C++, Command Line Interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Web-based graphical user interface (GUI). The solution also offers a high-level application API that facilitates rapid integration; the package is available for both Linux and Solaris.

Trillium+plus ISUP is available now. Future Trillium+plus product line releases will include Signaling Gateway solutions as well as Mobile Application Part (MAP), Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP) and CAMEL Application Part (CAP) packages for Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) applications.

More information, including a detailed explanation of the company’s SUPERCOMM Trade-In Special, which provides customers the opportunity to receive up to $6,000 credit toward the purchase of a Trillium+plus ISUP solution, is available on Continuous Computing’s web site at http://www.ccpu.com/2005/plus2/. A product demonstration will be shown in the company’s SUPERCOMM trade show booth (#32076) at Chicago’s McCormick Place from June 7 to 9.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing ® provides high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications. The company supplies wireless and VoIP integrated solutions to over 125 customers worldwide. Products include Trillium ® protocol software; AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems; upSuite ® platform management; and Network Service-Ready Platforms ™ . Learn more at www.ccpu.com.

• Continuous Computing is the leading provider of SPARC based high-availability platform solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers. With customers that include Cisco, Lucent, Ericsson, Alcatel, Motorola, Siemens, Sonus Networks, and others, Continuous Computing has achieved tremendous success in the areas of voice over packet, wireless, and optical infrastructure.   Within these markets, we offer turnkey system solutions for every element below the application software layer. These elements include:
• SPARC based single board computers
• Gigabit Ethernet switches
• Out-of-band system management and alarming
• Power supplies, backplanes, and I/O boards
• Award winning, high-availability middleware for Solaris

Continuous Computing is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance.
The Intel Communications Alliance is a member-based program comprised of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Members are committed to providing a strategic supply of standards-based solutions to the communications and embedded market segments. For more information, please visit: www.intel.com/go/ica

Deal Strengthens Sun’s Competitive Position in One of the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Segments of Storage Market

Sun Microsystems,Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all intellectual property rights of Procom Technology, Inc. relating to Procom’s Network Attached Storage (NAS) offerings in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $50M.

“The entire storage marketplace is clearly moving toward industry-standard platforms and operating systems,” said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun Microsystems.“As a provider of both, with our leading volume platforms and the Solaris operating system, Sun is uniquely positioned to leverage Procom’s technology to drive down the cost of NAS appliances for customers, while aiming to drive margin opportunities for Sun.”

Procom, a provider of a broad range of NAS storage systems,and Sun have had an existing software licensing agreement in place since April 2004. As a result of that agreement, Procom technology is already embedded and currently shipping within the Sun StorEdge 5000 Family of NAS Appliances. With this new agreement, Sun will own the intellectual property rights relating to this technology and gain additional engineering expertise, enabling it to build future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems much faster and more cost-effectively.

“Sun’s NAS offerings serve as the central building blocks of some of our most compelling solutions, including the Sun StorEdge 5310 Compliance Archiving System which helps customers comply with government regulations and data integrity requirements,” said Mark Canepa, executive vice president of network storage, Sun Microsystems. “Bolstering our NAS portfolio with the acquisition of Procom’s technology reflects our ongoing commitment to the storage market.”

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of Procom’s shareholders. The acquisition is expected to close in June 2005. More details about the acquisition will be available at this time.

This Press Releases contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding future results or financial performance of Sun Microsystems, Inc., including statements relating to the acquisition of certain assets of Procom,strengthening Sun’s position in the storage market, enabling Sun to build future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems much faster and more cost-effectively, the acquisition of Procom’s assets in an all cash transaction, and the expected close of the acquisition in June 2005. Such statements are just predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results and performance may differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference include the closing of the acquisition, successful integration of Procom’s assets and employees into Sun, building future NAS and next-generation file-based storage systems, Sun’s inability to compete successfully in the highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace, failure to retain key employees, cancellation or delay of projects, increased competition and continued adverse general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Sun’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Sun’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 26,2004, December 26, 2004 and March 27, 2005.

About Procom Technology

Irvine,Calif.-based Procom Technology has designed and produced innovative storage solutions since 1987 and is a value leader in enterprise-class NAS appliances that deliver industry-leading performance, manageability and availability. This value leadership is based on a unique combination of innovative appliance software,industry-standard hardware platforms, and proven high-availability and mirroring software. More information is available, toll free, at800-800-8600; via e-mail at info@procom.com;or on the Web at www.procom.com.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com

Sun,Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, N1 and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunMicrosystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

ACARD, the SCSI/IDE, RAID and storage solutions provider, will launch AEC-6898 and ARS-4800 on July 2005. This is an internal SATA RAID kit to meet the storage demand in small and mid-businesses. The SATA RAID kit has high stability, complete function of temperature, fan and hard drive monitoring. It is easy to install and maintain. For corporations this is a low-cost and high-performance solution.

The technology of SATA storage is becoming more and more mature, and has been highly appraised by the corporate MIS executives over the past year. Compared with IDE hard drive, SATA hard drive can perfectly support hot swap. Its stability and performance have been obviously increased. Besides, because its cost is lower than that of SCSI storage, its percentage of use in corporations has been increasing exponentially.

Among the SATA RAID kit, AEC-6898 is a RAID card with the function of RAID 5. It has 4 SATA channels for hard drives of 1.5Gbps, a 64-bit PCI bus, and lets a server perform highly in transfer. Its low profile and horizontal SATA channels are perfect to be installed in a 1U/2U server. In addition, the Windows-based utility is easy to operate. The whole disk array can be configured in 10 minutes.

Among the SATA RAID kit, ACS-4800 is an internal SATA tray with lighter material of aluminum. It is unique in appearance, and has anti-shock rail design to reduce the damage caused by removing hard drives. Moreover, its design of stabilizing voltage provides enough power to a hard drive during hot swap. As for the heat sinking, it is achieved by an 8cm fan. That ensures the heat dissipation and stability of a high-speed hard drive with low noise level.

Even a person with a little experience of computer can easily install the SATA RAID kit in minutes. When an array is abnormal, the system will notify you by e-mail. The auto alarm and LEDs on the panel of ACS-4800 that indicate the status of hard drive, fan and temperature are easy to understand. It takes the least time to maintain without interrupting the operation of server.

About ACARD Technology Corp.

ACARD is a dedicated storage IC designer and SCSI/IDE as well as RAID card manufacturer in Taiwan. ACARD’s products are marketed to PC, Macintosh, Unix, and Linux workstation and server users around the world. As ACARD has been engaging in SCSI hardware development and design for years, it knows what the market demands and how to cater to customers’ needs. Since 1999 ACARD has been developing key technologies to grasp the fast growing network storage market, and to focus on managing, protecting critical data on hard drives. ACARD’s products are available through its distributors worldwide.

For more information, please visit our website at www.acard.com or contact the ACARD Technology Corp. at 886 (2) 8512 2290 or, via e-mail:sales@acard.com

PThe World’s Most Advanced 64-Slice Cardiac CT Imaging System Delivers Unmatched Image Quality and Speed for Cardiac Applications

Setting new standards in image quality, acquisition time and diagnostic capabilities for cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS) today announced the installation of its AquilionTM 64 CFX multislice CT system designed for cardiac applications at the Newport Coast Advanced Imaging in Newport Beach, Calif.

“Toshiba continually strives to raise the standard of care in cardiology, and as a Southern California company, we are pleased that patients in our local community will benefit from the industry’s highest performance 64-slice CT system, the Aquilion 64 CFX,” said Doug Ryan, director, CT Business Unit, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.  “With the installation of the Aquilion 64 CFX, the Newport Coast Advanced Imaging will debut as a leading-edge facility in one of the most competitive health care landscapes and deliver to its patients the highest level of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.”

Located in Orange County, Calif., the Newport Coast Advanced Imaging is a new state-of-the-art multi-modality outpatient imaging center serving the surrounding health care community with latest diagnostic imaging technologies available and dedicated professional staff.

“We are excited to bring the most advanced CT imaging technology in the world to our patients here in Southern California.  With thinner slices, faster speed, and more detailed images, the Toshiba Aquilion 64 CFX scanner gives us the ability to look at structures such as the heart and blood vessels in a way we never could before – all with lower radiation than comparative scanners with fewer slices,” said Kirk Ohanian, M.D., medical director, Newport Coast Advanced Imaging.  “Toshiba’s CT technology takes us one step closer to replacing traditional invasive diagnostic angiograms, in an imaging acquisition time of less than 10 seconds.”

Most Advanced 64-Slice CT System

Built on the same platform as the Aquilion 32 CFX, the Aquilion 64 CFX features the industry’s most advanced multi-detector CT imaging technology available.  Utilizing Toshiba’s unique 64-row Quantum detector, the Aquilion 64 CFX is designed to deliver high-speed, high-resolution cardiovascular imaging with the lowest noise and most anatomical coverage.

The Quantum detector also enables the Aquilion scanner to acquire 64 simultaneous slices of 0.5 mm with each 400-millisecond gantry revolution.  The result is the most precise isotropic imaging of the heart, or any region of the body, during a breath-hold under 10 seconds.

For more information about the Aquilion 64 CFX with the Quantum detector, TAMS and its wide range of medical imaging products, please visit www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States.  Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems.  Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems.  Toshiba has approximately 161,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $53 billion.

AquilionTM is a trademark of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation.