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Lenovo, Ulticom, Veraz Networks, VoiceGenie Lead List of Global Partners Building Next Gen Telecommunications Systems

Underscoring its leadership in the telecommunications industry, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that 34 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have agreed to port a range of telecom applications to the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). Solaris 10 will enable the 34 partners, including Lenovo, Ulticom, Veraz Networks, VoiceGenie and leading companies from around the globe, to deliver software and systems that enable carriers to improve network operations environments, reduce costs and quickly implement new secure IP-based services.

“With in-kernel support for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and unique features such as Solaris Containers and Predictive Self-Healing, Solaris 10 is the ideal platform for telecoms applications,” said Tom Goguen, Vice President, Operating Platforms Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. “Today we welcome 34 partners who are building next generation systems.”

Sun has a strong and successful history in the telecommunications industry and with Solaris 10, carriers, service providers and network equipment providers can benefit from dramatic improvements in performance and security, and increased service levels. Additionally, Solaris 10 supports current IPv6 specifications and APIs, paving the way for the development of next generation IP-based services. Partners and customers will also benefit from increased platform choice as Solaris 10 supports a broad range of SPARC(R) and x86/x64 processor-based systems. Sun platforms and Solaris 10 offer great performance for the many types of workloads important to the Telco industry. In a recent SPECjAppServer(TM) 2002 benchmark, Sun and BEA achieved new world record performance of 4220.39 TOPS@DualNode on the powerful 24-way Sun Fire(TM) E6900 servers with UltraSPARC(R) IV 1.2GHz processors. The SPECjAppserver benchmark is designed to test Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) that is often used as a standard platform for development of portable, scalable, multi-tier enterprise applications. Additional Solaris 10 benchmarks can be viewed at www.sun.com/solaris/benchmarks.(1)

At CTIA Wireless 2005, Sun announced agreements with 34 telecom partners to support Solaris 10, including Adax, Appium, AsiaInfo, BOCO, Cntomorrow, DigitalChina, Flextronics Software Systems (FSS), Hurray, Infozech, JnetX, Lenovo, Longshine, Metarnet, Mpathix, Neusoft, Object Computing, Inc., Open Cloud, Poson, Pronto Networks, Runway, Shanghai Ideal, Sleepycat Software, Sures, Syndesis, TransNexus, Ubiquity, Ulticom, Veraz Networks, VoiceGenie, Wayout, Xbell, ZCXC, Zhongyin-Unihub and Zznode. These partners provide solutions that include VoIP, multimedia VPN, Web-based collaboration, business operation support systems (BOSS), customer relationship management (CRM), voice recognition, and more. Since the launch of Solaris 10 in November 2004, more than 500 partners have joined Sun’s “10 Moves Ahead” partner initiative and are porting more than 800 applications to Solaris 10. Information on Sun’s partner program is available at http://sun.com/partners/10moves.

Adax

“Sun and Adax share a vision for the telecom market that encompasses convergence and the creation and delivery of new IP-based services. Combined, Sun’s new Solaris 10 OS and Adax’s superior SS7/IP signaling solutions create a scalable platform for building revenue-generating services,” said Barry Zuckerman, CEO, Adax, Inc.

Infozech

“By deploying our Rating Engine product, i-Rater on Solaris 10, we will help customers manage their applications independently, control resource utilization based on their business needs, isolate faults and ensure security between multiple applications,” said Ankur Lal, CEO, Infozech. “That’s our promise to the market, and Solaris 10 helps us deliver.”

Ulticom

“Ulticom is pleased to offer carrier-grade SS7, SIGTRAN and SIP signaling with our Signalware platform on Solaris 10. Ulticom has had a long history of providing carrier-grade signaling on the telco industry-leading Solaris operating system. Solaris 10 raises the bar in terms of performance and reliability,” said Osman Duman, Vice President of Marketing, Ulticom.

Veraz Networks

“Veraz and Sun have long held a shared philosophy of open standards that is highlighted by Solaris 10’s new integrated support for SCTP and SIP open standard Telco IP protocols. Sun dominates the market for carrier-grade telecommunications infrastructure equipment due to its outstanding reputation for reliability,” said R. Paul Singh, Vice President of Business Development, Veraz Networks.

Join Sun Microsystems at CTIA Wireless (Booth #1370) to hear from customers and partners that are benefiting from telecom industry solutions provided by Sun. Visit our online press kit (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/ctia2005/index.html) to view all press release, presentation schedules, white papers and product backgrounders. To learn more about the Solaris 10 OS for the telecommunications industry, visit: www.sun.com/solutions/landing/industry/telecom.xml.

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, Solari, Java, J2EE, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

(1) SPEC and the benchmark names SPECjAppServer, SPECjbb are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results reflect data published as of 03/01/05. For the latest benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/.

Over 2x Application Throughput and 34 Percent Better Price/performance on Solaris Servers on UltraSPARC Platform

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) today reinforced its commitment to the SPARC platform, Solaris Operating System (OS) and optimizing its systems to run multithreaded, data-centric workloads by boosting performance across its popular UltraSPARC IV processor-based server family. The new UltraSPARC IV 1.35 GHz processor, available immediately, gives customers over 2x the throughput(i) at 34 percent better price/performance when compared to the fastest UltraSPARC III systems, and can be mixed and matched with previous UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC IV processors(ii). This enables several primary customer benefits: enhanced price/performance significantly increases the product’s value proposition, while the versatile architecture helps deliver investment protection, significant deployment agility and improved risk management.

Sun also unveiled a new world-record benchmark the enhanced platform has already achieved, further demonstrating the best-in-class results made possible by the combination of the new 1.35 GHz processor and the leading Solaris OS. Sun has unmatched binary compatibility and there are over 8,000 Solaris applications. Solaris 10 delivers unparalleled availability, performance and security – all at an extremely competitive price.

“Sun reinforces its vision to create the next-generation datacenter providing customers with technology innovation and the best price/performance through its UltraSPARC processor-based servers,” said Sun’s David Yen, executive vice president, Scalable Systems. “Today’s announcement is further evidence of Sun’s commitment to the Solaris OS for SPARC platform roadmap to deliver throughput computing to optimize customer workloads and increase application performance in the datacenter. Each of the upgraded servers will be compatible with the latest version of Solaris in order to take full advantage of all its new features and functionality while supporting existing versions to ensure customer’s investments are protected.”

Double the Throughput and 34 Percent Better Price/Performance

Sun’s UltraSPARC IV 1.35 GHz processor upgrade gives customers enhanced throughput computing power on the Sun Fire V490, V890, Sun Enterprise 2900, 4900, 6900, 20000 and 25000 servers. These UltraSPARC IV and Solaris OS-based systems deliver Chip Multithreading Technology (CMT), driving over double the application throughput and 34 percent better price/performance in the same physical footprint as its predecessors, which helps reduce the cost and complexity of doing business for Sun’s customers. In conjunction with Solaris OS, Sun’s servers for the UltraSPARC platform deliver higher performance, utilization, security and RAS (reliability, availability and serviceability) allowing IT groups to better meet Service Level Agreements. Full binary and application compatibility allows risk reduction as customers deploy new applications, services and infrastructure.

UltraSPARC IV processor-based Sun Fire mid-range servers deliver more than 7x the performance of UltraSPARC II servers(i), while offering greater scalability, RAS and investment protection with lower operating costs. For customers using UltraSPARC II technology, Sun is offering double trade-in values for upgrades to UltraSPARC IV technology through its Sun Upgrade Advantage Program. For more information, please visit http://sun.com/ibb/promos/USIVpromo.html.

Record-Setting Benchmark Proves Superior Performance

The Sun Fire V890 server, based on the UltraSPARC IV 1.35 GHz platform, outperforms IBM Power5 on the Lotus Domino R6iNotes(iii) benchmark in users per processor.

Through the world record Lotus Domino R6iNotes benchmark, the Sun Fire V890 server delivers 16.5 percent more users per processor than proprietary IBM Power5 systems and the best overall price/performance in the mid-range class of servers.(iv) In addition, the UltraSPARC IV-based system delivers the leading number of users per processor for servers equipped with more than 2 processors.

The new 1.35GHz UltraSPARC IV processors can be mixed and matched with 1.05GHz and 1.2GHz UltraSPARC IV processor-based servers and UltraSPARC III processor-based Sun Fire servers. All processors run at their rated speeds, further enabling customers to take advantage of higher performance while increasing agility and efficiency.(v)

For more information on the new 1.35GHz UltraSPARC IV processors and world record performance benchmarks, visit www.sun.com/servers/midrange and www.sun.com/servers/highend.

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, Sun Fire, Java, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

(1) The Sun Fire E6900 server achieved a SPECint_rate2000 of 364 and the Sun Fire 6800 server achieved a SPECint_rate2000 of 180. The Sun Fire V890 server achieved a SPECfp_rate2000 of 161 and the 8 processor Sun Enterprise 4500 server achieved a SPECfp_rate2000 of 20.9. SPEC and the benchmark names SPECint and SPECfp are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of 02/17/05. Sun Fire V890/E6900 server results submitted to SPEC for review on 02/17/05. For the latest SPEC CPU2000 benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/results/.

(5) Mixed CPU support offered on the Sun Fire V1280, 4800, 6800, 12K, 15K, E2900, E4900, E6900, E20K, E25K servers.

Combined with Solaris OS and Java Technology, Netra 440 Servers Provide Reliable, Scalable Delivery of Next-Generation Telecom Services

Running on the UltraSPARC IIIi with carrier-grade Solaris Operating System and Sun Java Enterprise Systems technologies, the upgraded Netra 440 server can enable the delivery of next-generation, high-bandwidth, telecom infrastructure applications such as 3G wireless and broadband services. This upgrade builds upon Sun’s leadership in the telecom data server market, as Sun currently offers the most complete family of highly-reliable, scalable NEBS Level 3 certified rack servers on the market today.

“With the increase in bandwidth intensive applications driving the wireless and broadband markets, network equipment providers require a cost-effective scalable delivery platform,” said Raju Penumatcha, VP Netra Systems and Networking (NSN), Sun Microsystems.. “The upgrade to the Netra 440 server will provide our customers the performance, reliability and scalability needed to meet these demands.”

Lowest Cost, Highest Density

Sun’s highly-reliable Netra 440 server is the lowest cost, highest density, NEBS-Level 3 certified (Network Equipment Building Systems), 4-way carrier grade server on the market today. The Netra 440 server start at $13,995 (U.S. list price), up to 45% lower in price than HP’s Itanium2 carrier grade servers, and almost 75 percent less than HP’s PA-RISC carrier grade servers (source: Ideas Int’l Ltd, 1/24/05). The Netra 440 also offers the best compute density (4P/5U) of any comparable carrier grade server, helping to enable service providers and carriers to deploy more capacity and capability in a single rack. For more information, visit: http://www.sun.com/netra.

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, Netra, Java and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Adds world’s highest performing processors from AMD for 2- and 4- way x64 systems outperforming IBM, HP and Dell; Expands operating systems (OS) choice with new SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9; Demonstrates dual-core technology

Outstanding Performance Results with SPECweb99_SSL, Linpack, and Leading Business Application Providers

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced new industry-leading results with its Sun Fire UltraSPARC IV based servers running SPECweb99_SSL for secure web-based applications and Linpack for high performance computing. This follows similar records for the Sun Fire midrange platform with key ISVs such as Siebel Systems, further demonstrating the ability to deliver optimized application performance and breakthrough price/performance through Sun’s balanced system architecture. Since the launch of UltraSPARC IV based system, Sun Fire servers have set 14 world records across a range of industry standard and ISV-specific benchmarks.

Sun Fire V490 Servers Set World Record with SPECweb99_SSL

The SPECweb99_SSL is an industry-standard measure of secure web and application serving performance, relevant to all organizations looking to create secure network computing infrastructures such as secure online banking and ecommerce, provision of public health services, or supply chain management. Sun’s world record SPECweb99_SSL result was over 18 percent faster than the previous record from HP1 and supported 10,700 conforming connections on a cluster of 4 Sun Fire V490 servers, each powered by 4 UltraSPARC IV 1050MHz processors. This result was achieved using Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP2, a “real world” web server on the Solaris Operating System (OS), that demonstrated a secure web solution can sustain a large and scalable number of high throughput secure web server connections.

Sun Fire E6900 Server Delivers on High Performance Computing

The Sun Fire E6900 server utilizing UltraSPARC IV processors demonstrated over 2x performance improvement over the previous generation Sun Fire 6800 servers on the Linpack benchmark1. The doubled performance boost is attributable to Chip- multithreaded processors combined with the new Solaris 10 Operating System optimized for multi-threaded workloads. The Linpack Benchmark is a high performance computing benchmark that measures a computer’s floating-point rate of execution. The results reflect the computer systems capability to solve a dense system of linear equations.

Leading Application Providers Deliver World Records on Sun

Previously announced results on Sun Fire midrange servers were achieved with Siebel Systems2 and other key ISVs for their enterprise applications on the UltraSPARC IV processors and Solaris OS. These results demonstrated that Sun builds systems optimized to run in real-world application performance versus benchmarks that are tuned for lab environments. The high availability, reliability, and record-breaking performance of Solaris running on Sun Fire systems makes it an ideal platform for the most demanding organizations running mission-critical enterprise, High Performance Technical Computing (HPTC), and compute-intensive applications.

For more information on Sun Fire systems and world record price/performance on real-world applications, visit http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v490/benchmarks.html and http://www.sun.com/servers/midrange/sunfire_e2900/benchmarks.html

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, Sun Fire, Java and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

1. SPEC and the benchmark name SPECweb99_SSL are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. HP’s 16-way rx8620 Itanium 1.5GHz server produced a SPECweb99 score of 9060 simultaneous user connections. Comparisons are based upon published results as of 2/1/05. For the latest SPEC benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/web99ssl/results/.

2. All results current as of January 10, 2005. Based on 24-way Sun Fire E6900 server (1.2 GHz) Linpack Rmax result of 98.26 as compared to the 24-way 1.2GHz Sun Fire 6800 Linpack Rmax result of 47.52. Source: http://performance.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.ps

3. Siebel and Siebel PSPP are trademarks of Siebel Systems, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. The Siebel PSPP standard benchmark results are audited and certified by Siebel Systems. For benchmark results and criteria, visit www.siebel.com/crm/performance-benchmark.shtm.

Technology and Stock Trading Innovators Join Forces in Trading of CPU Usage Cycles

During its quarterly Network Computing ’05 (NC05Q1) launch today, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Archipelago Holdings Inc. (PCX: AX), operator of the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx), the first totally open, all-electronic stock exchange in the United States, announced the companies plan to build the world’s first online compute exchange.

Based on the new Sun Grid and Archipelago’s electronic matching technology, the companies plan to introduce a new electronic trading environment that will allow customers to bid on CPU usage cycles. Being able to dynamically bid for open compute cycles will provide companies across the globe with unprecedented flexibility in planning for the purchase and use of compute power. This is a new paradigm in computing where companies can access an unlimited number of CPUs as they need them.

“Archipelago leads the way when it comes to electronic trading technology,” said Robert Youngjohns, executive vice president of strategic development and Sun financing at Sun Microsystems, Inc. “With Sun Grid, and Archipelago’s matching technology, we expect companies will be able to access an unlimited number of CPUs as they need them–and have access to technology that is reliable, simple to use, powerful, and sophisticated–at a single point of contact.”

“We believe the technological underpinnings of the Archipelago Exchange could be customized to trade nearly anything, and as the demand for computing power increases, we see great potential in building an exchange for trading CPU usage cycles,” said Steve Rubinow, CTO of the Archipelago Exchange. “We’re excited about partnering with Sun and developing this opportunity.”

The compute exchange announcement comes on the back of Sun’s new utility offerings, which include the Sun Grid compute utility, a $1 (USD) per CPU per hour pay-per-use offering ($1/cpu-hr), and the Sun Grid storage utility, a $1 (USD) per gigabyte per month offering ($1/GB-mo). In the coming months, Sun will also roll out additional Sun Grid offerings for the desktop and developer communities.

Sun’s NC05Q1 Web event is available on the World Wide Web at sun.com/nc/05q1. More information on today’s announcements, including full press releases and product details, can be viewed at Sun’s online press kit(http://sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/networkcomputing05q1/).

About Archipelago

Archipelago Holdings Inc. (PCX: AX) operates the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx), the first open all-electronic stock market in the United States. ArcaEx trades Nasdaq-listed equity securities and exchange listed equity securities, including those traded on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and Pacific Exchange. ArcaEx offers corporate issuers and investors the advantages of meeting directly, without intermediaries, within a fully electronic and totally transparent environment. ArcaEx is a facility of, and regulated by, the Pacific Exchange, a registered exchange. ArcaEx was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission in October 2001 and began trading operations in March 2002. The Archipelago ECN, a precursor to ArcaEx, was one of the four original ECNs, formed in December 1996 with Townsend Analytics. For more information please visit http://www.arcaex.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 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. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Certain statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the companies’ current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. There can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause the companies’ results to differ materially from current expectations include without limitation: general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competitive conditions, regulatory developments as well as other risks identified in the companies’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release is for informational purposes only and is not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security.

Companies enter exclusive negotiations to renew managed services agreement; jointly deliver utility computing services

Sun Microsystems and EDS today announced they are in exclusive negotiations on an eight-year services agreement, whereby EDS will transform the operations of Sun’s data centers to the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform, its next-generation global delivery system. Financial details of the proposed transaction were not disclosed.

In addition, the two companies have agreed to jointly deliver IT services, including utility computing services based on Sun’s Solaris 10 OS, to some of the world’s largest enterprise customers.

“Customers are telling me everyday that they are experiencing tangible, bottom-line business benefits from the strong partnership between Sun and EDS,” said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. “The combination of EDS’ services, plus Sun’s solutions is powerful. We share the same vision for the future – to deliver highly reliable IT solutions to customers more efficiently. Today that strong relationship is advancing forward by leveraging each other’s strengths for our collective customers worldwide. It proves the old adage that two heads are better than one.”

“An extension of the data center contract with Sun further validates the strong partnership between EDS and Sun,” said Michael Jordan, chairman and chief executive officer, EDS. “The combination of Sun’s world-class technology with EDS’ world-class IT services not only benefits our two companies, but also extends this value to our mutual clients. We look forward to elevating that relationship individually and as we work collaboratively with other EDS Agility Alliance partners.”

Sun is a founding member of the EDS Agility Alliance, a federation of market-leading technology companies collaborating to innovate, develop and deliver the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform. Sun is also EDS’ preferred partner for enterprise-wide network computing, outsourcing environments and utility-based computing for the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform. EDS has been providing data center services to Sun since 2000, and the two companies have been strategic partners since 1997.

Sun Influences EDS’ Agile Enterprise Platform

EDS’ Agile Enterprise Platform will provide flexible IT systems that empower enterprises to manage change through agile processes, applications and technology architectures. Sun’s SolarisTM 10 OS provides the operating system base demanded by this technology architecture. Solaris 10 OS also includes features from predictive self-healing to secure grid containers that reduce costs and reduce complexity.

Because Solaris 10 OS runs on Sun’s high-performance servers using the company’s SPARC® processors, or on industry-standard servers based on x86 processors like the AMD Opteron, EDS and Sun will be able to provide services to customers within a wide variety of budgets.

Greater Efficiencies for Sun from Outsourcing

One of the cornerstones of the partnership is EDS’ management of many Sun back-office IT functions. Using the same technology and approach the two companies will offer their mutual customers, EDS will operate Sun’s data centers and data center systems, and provide other technical services related to business systems and Internet operations.

In addition to Sun’s EDS-managed data centers in Europe, Asia and the U.S., the companies will jointly develop and test enterprise offerings in Sun’s iForce partner center in Menlo Park, Calif., and EDS’ Agility Alliance Development Center in Plano, Texas.

“At Sun, we not only talk about the value of delivering IT resources as a service, but we consider it vital to how we run our business,” said Bill Vass, chief information officer, Sun Microsystems Inc. “By moving Sun back-office functions such as IT Help Desk/first tier support to EDS’ front office, Sun can better focus its resources on the innovation that is the core of our company.”

About EDS

EDS provides a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions to help its clients worldwide improve their business performance. EDS’ core portfolio comprises information-technology, applications and business process services, as well as information-technology transformation services. EDS’ A.T. Kearney subsidiary is one of the world’s leading high-value management consultancies. With more than $20 billion in annual revenue, EDS is ranked 87th on the Fortune 500. The company’s stock is traded on the New York (NYSE: EDS) and London stock exchanges. Learn more at eds.com.

The EDS Agility Alliance

A federation of market-leading infrastructure, application, BPO and industry providers collaborating to innovate, develop and deliver the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform – EDS’ next generation global delivery system. Current EDS Agility Alliance partners include Cisco, Dell, EMC, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Siebel, Sun Microsystems and Xerox.

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, iForce and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company Ltd.

Momentum Continues with New Services, More Than 400 New ISVs and Expanded Platform Support

During its quarterly Network Computing ’05(NC05Q1) launch today, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced that the highly anticipated Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) is available for customers to download and deploy, free of charge from Sun’s Web site (http://sun.com). Customers will benefit from increased performance as demonstrated through world-record benchmarks, affordable new service and support models and 400 new ISVs supporting Solaris 10. Solaris 10 is a vendor-neutral operating system that is available on more than 340 different hardware platforms from vendors as diverse as Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, IBM and HP.

“There are already 750,000 installations of Solaris 10 through the Software Express for Solaris program. This strong interest underscores the fact that Solaris 10 is delivering tremendous value to customers, partners and developers,” said John Loiacono, executive vice president, Software at Sun. “Coming on the heels of Sun’s OpenSolaris announcement last week, the availability of Solaris 10 is the latest in a series of milestones for Sun.” Extreme Performance With Solaris 10

Sun also announced world record 64-bit results for the Java(TM) platform on Sun’s one-, two- and four-way servers powered by AMD Opteron(TM) processors for the SPEC JBB2000 benchmark (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation Java(TM) Business Benchmark). This achievement highlights Sun’s unmatched performance and success in delivering high performance systems for 64-bit computing. The results were achieved on Sun Fire(TM) V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers using the latest AMD64 implementation of the standard Java Platform (Java 2 Platform (J2SE(TM) 5.0), that was compiled with the new Sun(TM) Studio 10 software. Additionally, the two-way result on the Sun Fire V20z server signifies the advantage of running Java technology-based applications on the industry’s highest performance operating system, Solaris 10, by surpassing previous high marks achieved on the same server with a Linux OS. The SPEC JBB2000 benchmark measures the implementation of Java Virtual Machine (JVM) as well as the performance of the underlying operating system, scalability of processors and memory on Shared Memory Processors (SMPs) platforms. New Services and Support Now Available

The comprehensive set of new services includes flexible subscription-based offerings, migration and education services. Customers and partners can now download Solaris 10 OS free of charge for commercial use. Sun also offers service and support for the Solaris OS that is up to 40 percent less expensive than the leading Linux distribution. Similar to phone calling plans, the subscription-based Solaris Service Plans provide customers and partners with choice and flexibility to receive the level of support they need. Customers can choose Basic, Standard or Premium Solaris Service Plans, each with scalable and predictable pricing, based on the number of processor sockets. To date, more than 7,200 people have registered for the no-cost Web-based Solaris 10 education preview class, and more than 1,400 people have signed up for Early Advantage classroom courses. More information about the Solaris 10 Services portfolio is available at http://sun.com/service/solaris10.

Unprecedented Partner Support

Fueling demand for Sun’s enterprise-class UNIX(R) OS is unprecedented support from Sun’s partner community. Independent hardware vendors, software vendors (ISVs) and OEMs are seeing increased demand and opportunity for Solaris 10. Since November 2004, more than 400 new ISVs, including the leading ISVs from EMEA and APAC, have committed to Solaris 10 through the “Ten Moves Ahead” Partner Initiative which provides technical, marketing and sales benefits to partners developing applications on Solaris 10. Additionally, to help customers and ISVs protect their investment in Solaris, Sun is the only vendor to offer an application guarantee that applies to binaries and source code. With more than 12,000 existing commercial applications today, Solaris has one of the most vibrant ecosystems in the industry. More than 700 business software partners have committed to delivering Solaris 10 applications by the end of this year.

“Strong customer demand has accelerated our support for Solaris 10,” said Sean Duclaux, director, Product Management and Infrastructure Management at BMC Software, Inc. “On the heels of Sun’s release of Solaris 10 to the public, we intend to extend PATROL’s already rich Solaris support to include Solaris 10.”

Sun Studio 10 Now Available for Download

Solaris developers can also take full advantage of the Sun Studio 10 development environment, now available for download from the Sun Web site. Sun Studio 10 makes it simple to get outstanding performance when developing C, C++ and FORTRAN applications for Solaris 10. The product provides a comprehensive environment for developing scalable 32- and 64-bit applications on Sun’s newest UltraSPARC(R), Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processor-based systems. Sun Studio 10 software is fully compatible with previous releases, making it easy for users to upgrade.

To fully demonstrate the capability of Sun Studio 10 and Solaris 10 OS, Sun has submitted the new world record SPECompM2001 result in the two-way category. The SPEC OMPM2001 benchmark is a test of the performance of 11 High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. All C and FORTRAN applications in this suite use the OpenMP programming model and were compiled using the latest Sun Studio 10 development environment, which contributed to as much as a 20 percent boost in performance, when compared with previous Linux-based results published by Sun.

The new score also demonstrated that the Sun Fire V20z server eclipsed the recent IBM eServer OpenPower(TM) 710 server result by 14 percent. Not only did the Sun Fire V20z server outperform the Power5-based server running Linux, it also outperformed the server with half the number of parallel threads.

Sun’s NC05Q1 Web event is available on the World Wide Web at sun.com/nc/05q1. More information on today’s announcements, including full press releases and product details, can be viewed at Sun’s online press kit(http://sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/networkcomputing05q1/).

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 Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun Fire, Java, J2SE and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.

SPEC and the benchmark names SPEComp and SPECjbb are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results reflect data published as of 02/01/05. For the latest benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/. The 2-way systems have 2 cores. The Sun Fire V20z server (2xAMD Opteron Model 250, Solaris 10): SPECompM2001 – 6033 (2 cores, 2 chips, 2 threads). The Sun Fire V40z server (2xAMD Opteron Model 850, SuSe Linux): SPECompM2001 – 5000 (2 cores, 2 chips, 2 threads). The IBM eServer OpenPower(tm) 710 (1.65 GHz POWER5, Linux): SPECompM2001 – 5282, 2 cores, 1 chip, 4 threads. Result is at: http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050124/079508.html The Sun Fire V20z server (1xAMD(tm) Opteron Model 250, Solaris 10): 39950 JBB operations per second (JBBops/s). The Sun Fire V20z server (2xAMD Opteron Model 250, Solaris 10): 61314 JBBops/s. The Sun Fire V40z server (4xAMD Opteron Model 850, Solaris 10): 107465 JBBops/s.

New Survey Reveals How Consumer Reliance on Electronic Data and Online Services Is Driving Enterprise Storage

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the results of a new Harris Interactive(r) survey that sheds light on the relationship between consumers’ growing reliance on their “digital domains” and data center storage trends. Expectations of online savvy adults place heavy demands on data accessibility, security and storage.

According to the survey, 94% of U.S. online adults use digital services, and, of those users, 82% consider the security of their online data to be of great importance, rating security of this information a 9 or a 10 on a 10-point importance scale. The perceived need for security is followed in importance by the ease of accessibility to a consumer’s data, which was considered a 9 or a 10 by 63% of the digital service users polled. The survey also revealed that many respondents expect the data they store through digital services to be accessible forever; this includes photo downloads (30%), online banking records (25%), music downloads (24%) or email (23%). And, while these users have growing needs for and expectations of online storage, 82% of respondents said they would not be willing to pay for additional storage capacity.

“As consumers continue to ‘outsource’ their data storage by using online services to process email, share photos, build MP3 libraries, access financial information, and participate in online auctions, the role of a well-planned enterprise storage strategy becomes all the more crucial to ISPs and other companies that profit from providing these services – especially when these customers are not willing to pay more for the increased storage they will demand,” said Mark Canepa, executive vice president of Sun Network Storage. “Additionally, the fact that consumers place the most importance on data security and access supports Sun’s systems approach to building data centers, which focuses not just on storage, but on how data is accessed, used and moved throughout its lifecycle.”

Digital services are online services that allow consumers to store, manage, access and share their personal data like photos, music or e-mail over the Internet. As consumers continue to store and access more of their personal data through online services, they build what Sun calls their own “digital domain” – a virtual world where they store, access, manage, share, move and enhance their personal data. Companies with the best enterprise storage strategies for their data centers reap the benefits from customers’ growing their digital domains.

Consumer expectations for secure and around-the-clock access to their personal data saved via digital services supports a growing enterprise disk storage industry that grew 3.5 percent year-over-year to $3.4 billion in Q304, according to sales reported for external storage in IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, Q304 release. The growth and success of digital services for email, music, photography, shopping and banking has led to an explosion of electronic data that is created, saved and retrieved daily – all facilitated by scalable, secure enterprise storage solutions.

*Survey Highlights:

• 94% of U.S. adults online use digital services such as online banking, shopping, travel planning, and music and photo downloads.
• On average, about a quarter or more (23%+) of these users expect the electronic data they store via digital services for email, banking history, music and photo downloads to last forever. At least 40 percent expect the same electronic data to exist for more than a year.
• 82% of respondents would not be willing to pay for additional storage capacity for any of the digital services shown in the survey.
• Of the four features listed in the survey, security (82% rate this a “9” or a “10”) and accessibility (63%) are the most important concerns consumers have when they consider the electronic data they save through digital services. Security and accessibility are followed in importance by the longevity of the storage of their data (34%) and the total amount of storage available (31%).

*Methodology:

Harris Interactive® fielded the study from December 2-4, 2004, via its QuickQuery[sm] online omnibus, interviewing a nationwide sample of 2,056 U.S. online adults (aged 18 and over), of whom 1,943 use digital services. Data were weighted to reflect the total U.S. online adult population on the basis of region, age within gender, education, household income, race/ethnicity, and amount of time spent online. In theory, with a probability sample of this size, one can say with 95 percent certainty that the results have a statistical precision of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The online sample was not a probability sample.

About Harris Interactive

Harris Interactive Inc. (www.harrisinteractive.com), the 15th largest and fastest-growing market research firm in the world, is a Rochester, N.Y.-based global research company that blends premier strategic consulting with innovative and efficient methods of investigation, analysis and application. Known for The Harris Poll® and for pioneering Internet-based research methods, Harris Interactive conducts proprietary and public research to help its clients achieve clear, material and enduring results.

Harris Interactive combines its intellectual capital, databases and technology to advance market leadership through U.S. offices and wholly owned subsidiaries: London-based HI Europe (www.hieurope.com), Paris-based Novatris (www.novatris.com), Tokyo-based Harris Interactive Japan, through newly acquired WirthlinWorldwide (www.wirthlinworldwide.com), a Reston, Virginia-based research and consultancy firm ranked 25th largest in the world, and through an independent global network of affiliate market research companies.

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 and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

One Quarter After Launch, Hundreds of Customers and Solution Providers Embrace Sun’s New 4- and 8-way Servers based on Chip Multithreading Technology

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that it is seeing healthy market acceptance and support from customers and partners for the Sun Fire V490 and Sun Fire V890 servers – the UltraSPARC(R) IV and Solaris Operating System-based systems launched in September (http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-09/sunflash.20040921.6.html). Harnessing the power of chip-multithreading technology, these are powerful application server and decision support platforms that help customers reduce the cost and complexity of doing business.

Customers and solution providers alike are finding significant benefits from Sun’s breakthrough Chip Multithreading (CMT) technology, as it doubles application throughput in the same physical footprint making upgrading to UltraSPARC IV-based systems very easy. CMT can successfully protect customer investments in both software and skills while maintaining full binary compatibility. Those who reported enthusiastic results following evaluations include Xerox, ESRI, and Sylantro.

“Sun is really turning up the volume and showing the market they remain serious about their SPARC roadmap,” said Vernon Turner, Group Vice President, General Manager, IDC. “The performance enhancements we’re seeing from UltraSPARC III to UltraSPARC IV along with Sun’s commitment to binary compatibility are the leading factors for the current success. The long-term system roadmap that includes radical new chip designs running Solaris 10 has also generated a lot of pent-up excitement and demand.”

Customer Investment

The new Sun Fire V890 server builds on Sun’s leadership in the 8-way market to help deliver the best price/performance. World-record benchmark performance affirms Sun’s standing, with the Lotus Domino R6iNotes benchmark as just one example in which the Sun Fire V890 server demonstrated outstanding processing power by setting a triple world-record in the 8 processor class of systems for best performance, highest number of users per CPU, and best price/performance(1).

The price/performance and throughput advantages of the Sun Fire V890 server, coupled with the system’s reliability and availability and rock-solid Solaris 10 operating system, is what sold Xerox Corporation on the new systems. “Our benchmarks have shown that the Sun Fire V890 Server is up to 1.9 times faster than the current Sun Fire V880 Server with only a slight price premium,” said Rich Lauria, Manager of Xerox’s Production Controller Development Unit. “With this new multi-core technology, we are now able to offer our customers improved scalability and better price/performance options.”

Industry Support for UltraSPARC Multithreading Leadership

Highly dependent on scalability and throughput, ESRI, the world leader in the geographic information system (GIS) software industry, found that their high expectations of Sun’s Sun Fire V890 server scalability were met. According to Ian Sims, ESRI ArcGIS Server Test Team: “We tested with 2 CPUs, then 4, then 8 and went from generating about 4,000 maps to 14,000. Systems management was a breeze; we were consistently able to reconfigure in a lights-out data center from a remote location.”

Sylantro Systems offered similar accolades: “Sylantro’s global telco and CLEC customers demand top-end performance for their mission-critical hosted VoIP service offerings,” said Bernard Gutnick, Vice President of Product Marketing for Sylantro, the leading provider of next generation network application feature servers for the hosted communications marketplace. “The Sun Fire V490 Server enables providers to offer more services on a single platform, thereby reducing system complexity and operational costs, while maintaining the carrier-grade scalability and reliability necessary for these deployments.”

“The extremely positive response that these systems have received from both customers and partners alike reinforces our belief in the importance of Chip Multithreading to achieve exponential performance gains,” said David Yen, executive vice president, Scalable Systems Group, Sun Microsystems. “Sun’s new 4- and 8-way servers round out the UltraSPARC IV system family which now includes entry-level, midrange and high-end options. This is the first step in the Solaris OS for SPARC architecture roadmap to deliver on the promise of throughput computing to meet the needs of demanding network computing applications.”

1.The Sun Fire V890 server configured with 8 UltraSPARC IV processors, running the Solaris OS and Lotus(R)Domino 6.5.1 when configured in four partitions achieved 14,000 users at $13.38 per user, 11890 NotesMark tpm, and 99 ms average response time. The benchmark results stated above reflect results published on http://www.notesbench.org as of 09/13/04.

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, Sun Fire, Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.