Improving Government Services through IT Excellence. Global Government The key challenge of government administration is to provide personalized, citizen-centric and business-centric benefits and services that maximize the value of taxpayers’ money. That’s not easy. Your operations have to be increasingly transparent, efficient, and cost-efficient. At the same time, you have to constantly improve service delivery, access, and security. Start here. Sun’s advanced systems, software, storage, and services are designed to give you the value you expect, the quality you need, and the expertise you require. Market Segments » Criminal Justice/Public Safety/Homeland Security » Defense and Intelligence » Health, Human and Social Services » Public Administration and Government Transformation » Space and Transportation Programs Sun Partner Advantage Program The Sun Partner Advantage Program is designed to enable customers to find the right partner to solve their business problems, and then connect directly to that partner.   Sun Federal Sun Microsystems Federal Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., manages strategic opportunities that bring Sun's solutions to the U.S. Federal government.   Latest Customer Success City of Hilden A German city has a modern IT infrastructure with streamlined processes, but its volume of stored data is continually growing. The city council found that the Sun StorageTek 6140 array met its requirements for a highly reliable and easily scalable storage area network at an affordable price. Bibliotheque nationale de France A national library in Europe built a new online digital archive storage and retrieval system based on Sun Fire servers and Sun StorageTek technology.   Province of Nova Scotia Provincial government upgrades its infrastructure to deliver high availability with clustered Sun Fire V490 servers running the Solaris 10 Operating System.   » See All   Spotlight Net Talk: Eco Innovation Initiatives for Government In this brief Webcast, take a look at some of the products and initiatives Sun has developed to make eco friendly datacenters possible for global governments.   Net Talk: Connecting Government & Citizens Connecting government and citizens is moving from concept to actuality. Now is the time to learn how government organizations can partner with Sun to make this approach a reality.   Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Learn more about Sun SOA Solutions for Government.   News Sun Microsystems Awarded $44 Million Department of Defense Contract to Develop Microchip Interconnect System DARPA project advances chip communications via proximity and optical connections to create potential for virtual supercomputer from network of low-cost chips.   The European Commission Awards Sun Microsystems a $141 Million IT Product Provisioning and Services Contract The contract has been awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender in terms of price and quality.   Province Of British Columbia Selects SUN To Build And Implement Provincial Electronic Health Record System The government of British Columbia has selected Sun Microsystems (B.C.) Inc., a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc., and a consortium of partners to develop and implement a comprehensive electronic healthcare solution that will transform the way laboratory results and other essential patient information is securely shared amongst healthcare practitioners across the province.

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