Q2 FY08 Customer Momentum, New Customers Speak Out

Cascade Limited

CASCADE Limited, one of Asia Pacific's largest technical services organizations, selected Sun UltraSPARC T1-based blade servers for its telecom network infrastructure due to the Sun systems' performance, power-efficiency and space-saving footprint. CASCADE, headquartered in Hong Kong, has rigorous IT performance criteria as it operates one of the world's most advanced telecom networks, providing an absolute degree of network reliability and service availability.

"We selected the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System with T6300 server modules powered by the UltraSPARC® T1 processor with CoolThreads technology to replace our existing rackmount servers. We chose the solution due to its ability to save space, minimise power usage and grow with the company," said Mr Frankie Wong, Senior Vice President, Network Planning, CASCADE Limited.

European Commission

The European Commission awards Sun Microsystems a € 96 million IT product provisioning and services contract. Sun Microsystems has been awarded the Framework Contract for the supply of servers conforming to version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification, including their options, extensions, and associated services (maintenance, application migration services, professional services, removal of servers) to the European Union institutions, bodies and agencies participating in the open call for tenders (situated mainly, but not limited to, in Brussels and Luxembourg). The contract has been awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender in terms of price and quality. Technical evaluation criteria encompassed, among others: the quality, functionality and performances of the proposed server hardware and the associated software, including reliability and scalability, compliance with ecological standards and the quality of the proposed Application Migration Services.

Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information

Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), a top government research institute, selected a range of Sun server and storage technologies to enhance its High Performance Computing (HPC) portfolio. KISTI's purchase includes the unique Sun Fire X4500, which integrates state-of-the-art x64 server and high-density storage technologies to deliver incredibly high data throughput for about half the cost of traditional solutions. The Sun technologies, which KISTI chose for Sun's reputation, innovation and performance in the HPC arena, will support KISTI's mission to advance South Korea's technology infrastructure and global competitiveness.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn, the fast-growing online network of more than 18 million professionals in over 150 industries from around the world,selected a combination of more than 300 Sun x64 and UltraSPARC-based servers running the Solaris 10 Operating System to support its web-tier and database-tier infrastructure. Several factors were key to LinkedIn's choice of Sun over competing vendors, including Sun's integration and support for the Solaris and Java software platforms; easy availability of open-source tools such as the Sun Studio compilers and Java Virtual Machines for Opteron, SPARC and Mac; Sun cluster software to create a high-availability solution for multiple datacenters; and finally Sun Services support for Solaris scripting, Java escalations, compiler issues and Java native interfaces. Ultimately, Sun's ability to deliver a pre-tested and easy to deploy integrated hardware, software and services solution with outstanding price/performance was decisive for LinkedIn.

Mobile TeleSystems

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, selected and completed the world's first installation of Sun's Project Blackbox. Project Blackbox is the world's first virtualized datacenter - built into a shipping container and optimized to deliver extreme energy, space and performance efficiencies. It applies Sun's trademark innovation, network computing infrastructure and HPC expertise to engineer out complexity and provide a better datacenter. MTS is currently field-testing Project Blackbox for expected production use on its Moscow and Central Russia regions' infrastructure, which service more than 20 million subscribers. Project Blackbox fit MTS's needs perfectly for extraordinarily efficient use of electrical supply and space, as well as fast scaling and deployment to complement its existing datacenter. In fact, Sun and MTS were able to bring Project Blackbox online in only 22 days, as compared to nearly a year for typical datacenters.

Screwfix

Screwfix, the UK's leading catalog and web retailer of hardware and tools, is rapidly expanding its network of direct trade counters and selected an extensive set of Sun servers for a new second data center designed to provide a scalable and resilient computing platform and aid disaster recovery. With the UltraSPARC IV+-based Sun Fire E25k server and a combination of Intel and SPARC-based blade servers, the new data center will replicate and consolidate Screwfix's existing environment through virtualization. As a result, Screwfix will reduce both power consumption and physical footprint. Building on its long-term relationship and role as a trusted IT partner, Sun Services has helped Screwfix with upgrades and migrations for its mission critical systems for years.

Sony Computer Entertainment America

Sony Computer Entertainment America, a world leader in gaming and maker of the Playstation brand of consoles, chose Sun as its IT infrastructure supplier in order to run its new platform for ad insertion within Playstation 3 games. Leveraging Sun technologies including Sun x64 servers, storage systems and the Solaris Operating System and with the help of Sun Services, Sony has been able to rapidly deploy new hardware and improve its time to market for its ad insertion platform, thereby deriving new revenues quickly.

Strato AG

Strato AG, Europe's second largest web hosting services firm, selected Sun's latest UltraSPARC T5000 servers for a datacenter refresh. The new systems are enabling the German company to significantly extend its ability to scale quickly and efficiently, while further reducing costs. Strato estimates that the servers will deliver approximately 2.5x higher throughput than its previous servers when running Apache web servers and mail servers. These newest Chip Multithreading Technology (CMT)-based servers also offer nearly double the performance per watt which translates into a 43 percent savings in energy consumption. Strato will use the extended functionality of the servers to run floating point-intensive SPAM filters and encrypt SMTP traffic, ensuring higher levels of security for customers.

Tata Teleservices Ltd.

Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL), one of India's largest telecom operators, through their outsourcing partner Tata Consultancy Services, selected Sun systems to meet the demands of its subscription base -- 21 million strong -- and growing rapidly -- and increase storage capacity. Based on Sun's proven strength in RISC and Unix environments at TTSL, the company opted to deploy Sun x64 and UltraSPARC servers, a Sun Storage-Attached Network (SAN) system, as well as and the Solaris Operating System. Sun Services was also engaged for support and to assist with implementation. The Sun solution will allow Tata to achieve at least 30--40% savings in storage costs, with even greater savings possible if virtualization is implemented.

Terengganu State Government

The state government of Terengganu, a province in northeastern Malaysia, selected ultra-low power-consuming, secure and affordable Sun Ray virtual display clients to address the demand of certified Java skill set for the state government. The government also purchased Sun servers running the Solaris Operating System for the supporting network infrastructure. Having already seen the success of Sun infrastructure in Malaysia, state government of Terengganu officials selected the technology to support that state's Java training and certification program. The state is providing funding to train and certify more than 1000 professionals on Sun's Java technology. The program, funded entirely by the state and free of charge to the professionals, features two training centers designed by Sun Professional Services built exclusively on Sun hardware and software.

University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida implemented a comprehensive IT solution from Sun in an effort to develop a more robust, reliable and scalable Storage Area Network (SAN). By selecting Sun StorageTek technologies and Sun Fire x64, Ultrasparc, and Coolthreads servers running the Solaris Operating System, the university is increasing its compute power on its backend database servers, implementing more power efficient and cost-effective application servers, and cost-effective SAS storage for their disaster recovery environment. The SAN solution, considered 'best of breed' by the university, will support services across the campus from ERP and distance learning to virtual systems for academics, and in the near future- storage services for the University's new medical school that is currently under construction. Sun Professional Services is assisting with the implementation. A Sun support agreement and training services are also included in the deal.

Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company

The Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company, also known as MobiFone, plans to nearly double its users to 18 million in 2008 and has selected Sun's systems, software and services to help achieve its goal. Deploying Sun UltraSPARC clustered servers, Sun storage systems and the Solaris 10 Operating System for its InterConnect Billing, MobiFone can support all service architectures and settlement billing models, from voice, data and SMS interconnection. Additionally, the new IT infrastructure will allow the company to also service international route-based tariffs, new IP and revenue sharing based agreements with multimedia content, VoIP and m-commerce partners. With the additional support of Sun Services, MobiFone's upgraded infrastructure provides a single platform to support and seamlessly transition from traditional telephony to world of IP.

WM-data

Based on previous successful deployments of Sun StorageTek solutions and the Sun Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) System, WM-data, a leading supplier of worldwide IT and business solutions and subsidiary of LogicaCMG, selected an additional combination of Sun StorageTek technologies in an effort to improve cost efficiency. The Sun technologies will help to reduce cost and time to market with its change to virtual tape, eliminating the need to allocate a drive to every logical partitioning (LPAR) division. The deployment is intended to allow the company to utilize its infrastructure and real-estate more efficiently as well as taking on new clients more quickly. WM-data has also engaged Sun's Services to remove old silos and provide comprehensive implementation support.