Suns Shows New Servers, Storage

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Leading the market convergence of open computing, networking, software and storage systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today launched new products and technologies in its Open Network Systems strategy that deliver huge gains in application performance, with massive efficiency and scalability to maximize the economics of computing for data centers and clouds. To view the launch Webcast live or on-demand, and for more product information, go to http://www.sun.com/launch.

Unveiled at its North American Partner Summit today in Las Vegas, Sun's broad roll-out of new offerings spans the data center and includes a new advanced blades architecture, new networking technologies and seven new systems based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series. To take advantage of special offers and promotions for Sun's new blades and x64 servers, including Sun's Try and Buy program, visit http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy.

"Today's IT customer is looking for three things - speed, simplicity and savings. With Sun's Open Network Systems approach, we're combining our networking advancements, our system expertise, our core IP and innovative designs to transform commodity components into new platforms with breakthrough application performance, efficiency and scale," said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems Group, Sun Microsystems. "Our new x64 systems with integrated networking technologies, advanced thermal management, open software and Open Storage enhancements will give the data center an extreme makeover, boosting efficiency and maximizing IT investment."

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