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As our global economy grows and changes, Sun is working to eliminate the barriers that prevent people from receiving a better education, simply because they don't have access to the right technology. We believe that bridging this digital divide will enable all people to learn, share, interact, and solve problems – together.
As a worldwide technology leader, Sun is at the forefront of information communication technology (ICT), delivering the technologies and models that help students and educational institutions thrive, while creating socioeconomic prosperity that improves the lives of all citizens.
Sun's approach to education is built on four pillars:
- Building skills
- Providing infrastructure
- Supporting science and research
- Building communities
Building ICT Skills
Sun empowers students and educational institutions to build necessary ICT skills with a foundation of programs that provide free curricula for both online and instructor-led courses. This training is designed to introduce students to Sun technologies, prepare them for industry-leading certification, and equip them with marketable skills for IT jobs. These programs include:
- Sun Academic Initiative (SAI) – more than 130 courses available for free
- Sun Academic Excellence Grant Program – 100% donation of IT equipment
- Sun Campus Ambassador Program – access to OpenSolaris, OpenSPARC, Open Storage, and MySQL solution sets
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Providing Infrastructure for Campuses and Schools
Sun delivers the infrastructure to power digital campuses and schools, creating a platform for global information sharing. We can help build a complete IT infrastructure that incorporates Education 2.0 teaching, administration, and research models based on Web and open technologies.
Supporting Science and Research
Sun creates a foundation for borderless science and research that enables strong ties to industry and encourages new discoveries that can be taken to market.
Additionally, Sun's High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions provide the storage and compute power needed as today's scientific research grows in complexity and generates massive data sets.
Building Communities
Sun's educational communities provide a growing network of academic institutions, service and solution providers, industry experts, and evangelists – all encouraging innovation. This effort drives open, interoperable ICT architectures that bring people closer together.
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