Background:
Sun Microsystems' technologies have been powering eBay since 1997. Sun has enabled eBay to leverage economies of scale to meet the site's unprecedented growth. Utilizing Sun's broad server offerings, Solaris operating system, Java technology and Sun StorEdge systems, eBay has become the largest global online marketplace. As of the first quarter of 2005, eBay has 147 million registered users worldwide, trading more than $1,344 worth of goods on the site every second. Sun Microsystems provides the Smarter Enterprise infrastructure to eBay, enabling the massive growth and scalability required for the eBay community.
"Working with Sun is a truly collaborative process. With Sun you expect great technology, but you end up getting much more. Sun essentially brought in the collective thinking of the entire Java development community, along with Sun engineers to help us design the next generation architecture for eBay. Ultimately, we've achieved superior scalability and availability because eBay is powered by Java technology configured on Sun Fire servers. But it's Sun's approach to partnering and teamwork as much as anything that helps us create a better experience for eBay customers."
—Heather Peck, Manager, Systems Engineering, eBay and PayPal
