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SUN DEBUTS SOLARIS 8 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, THE ONLY OPERATING ENVIRONMENT THAT MARRIES DATACENTER AND DOTCOM REQUIREMENTSSUN DEBUTS SOLARIS 8 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, THE ONLY OPERATING ENVIRONMENT THAT MARRIES DATACENTER AND DOTCOM REQUIREMENTSWith Free Solaris Source and End-User Binary Programs, Industry's First-of-Its-Kind System Admin Portal and a Wealth of Critical Features, the Solaris 8 Operating Environment Emerges as the Dotcom Operating EnvironmentNEW YORK -- January 26, 2000 -- Sun Microsystems Inc. today unveiled the Solaris™ 8 Operating Environment, the first to satisfy the convergent requirements of enterprises adapting to the Internet age and of dotcoms adopting the disciplines of the datacenter. Sun also announced free access to the Solaris source and end-user binary code to foster innovation and ubiquity. The Solaris 8 Operating Environment is available for both the SPARC™ and Intel platforms. In addition to the operating system software, the Solaris Operating Environment includes a comprehensive co-package of software from Sun, iPlanet™ E-Commerce Solutions™, Oracle and others. Already the hands-down leader in customer satisfaction, new features in Solaris 8 software drive the five critical requirements for Internet-based systems -- scalability, availability, manageability, security and connectivity -- to new heights. In addition, Sun guarantees application compatibility with earlier versions of the Solaris Operating Environment through verification testing, unlike other operating systems that require major recompiling and recoding. "CEOs tell me that their No. 1 business worry is that the Internet is stressing traditional IT infrastructures. This past holiday season, they saw firsthand how service levels can make or break a dotcom business," said Edward J. Zander, president and COO, Sun Microsystems. "The Solaris 8 Operating Environment delivers service levels that meet the new requirements, while also reducing cost and risk." Wealth of Features To Support Internet RequirementsPreparing to respond quickly to success on a massive scale is critical on the web. The Solaris 8 Operating Environment delivers new capabilities required to deal with rapid and unpredictable growth, including:
Free Source Code Access and End-User Licenses For Runtime SoftwareStarting with the Solaris 8 Operating Environment release, Sun will no longer charge an end-user license fee for the right to use the runtime software on systems with eight or fewer processors. This aligns with Sun's strategy of shifting to a fee-based service model. Instead of charging for lines of code, Sun is rolling out a comprehensive set of Solaris 8 service and support programs, delivered through Sun's first-of-its-kind System Administrators Portal at http://www.sun.com/sysadmin.Additionally, the company is providing free access to Sun's source code to foster innovation and ubiquity. Co-packaged Software for a Dot-Comprehensive EnvironmentThe Solaris 8 Operating Environment co-packages comprehensive software capabilities for end-user services, web servers, application servers and databases. The comprehensive co-package includes:
Pricing and AvailabilityWhile the software and co-packaged code is free, Sun is charging $75 for the cost of media, which includes the Solaris 8 Operating Environment in 10 languages, a Solaris Software Companion CD, and co-packaged software. The Solaris 8 Operating Environment is scheduled to ship in early March; customers can get access to Sun's Solaris 8 source code in 90 days from today, for a $75 media fee. Program details are available at http://www.sun.com/solaris/.Customers Choosing the Solaris 8 Operating Environment to Run Their Businesses"Digex provides web and application hosting solutions designed exclusively for businesses that have Internet requirements tied to critical business objectives," said Charles Boyle, director of research and development, Digex Inc. (Nasdaq:DIGX). "Our customers have exponential growth potential and Digex heavily relies on the Solaris Operating Environment's ability to scale from basic web servers to large-scale database servers, to meet their rising service level requirements.""The instantaneous global reach afforded by the Internet has created significant technological hurdles for eCommerce," said Scott Gilbertson, president, eCommerce, the J.Crew Group Inc. "Sun together with Art Technology Group's Dynamo addresses this problem with the scalability and performance of their products. J. Crew has always been customer-centric, focusing on ease of use, speed and reliability. With Sun, Fort Point Partners and Dynamo, we have confidence that our Internet business can scale to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. In our constant efforts to improve our customers' experience, we are pleased to see that Dynamo is supporting the Solaris 8 Operating Environment." Both customers echo the sentiments of others polled recently in an independent survey. The survey, published in December 1999 by the respected IT trade journal Computerworld, ranked the Solaris Operating Environment highest in customer satisfaction among Sun's competitors.
Services For Solaris 8 Operating EnvironmentToday, Sun Professional Services announces migration services to help customers move from their competitive software/hardware environments to Sun's stable, scalable Solaris™ 8 Operating Environment.Coinciding with Sun's release of the Solaris 8 Operating Environment, Sun Educational Services will make available a one day, instructor-led seminar entitled, "Solaris 8 Operating Environment .com Essentials Seminar." A full curriculum solution consisting of Education Consulting Services and training with over 40 courses for the systems, network administrators, and programmers will be launched starting with more popular administrative courses in June-00, with system and network administration certification exams to follow. Sun Support Services is also offering a fully scalable Solaris 8 Operating Environment support model to meet the demands of today's enterprises. These new Solaris 8 Adoption Services meet the evaluation, application fitness implementation, and adoption needs of customers looking to upgrade operating environments. These services are complemented with an online interactive technical support site, SunSolve™, technical news groups, and FAQ's which provide customers with help anytime, anywhere. About Sun Microsystems, Inc.Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision "The Network Is The Computer" has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to ".com" their businesses. With $12.4 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com.Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java HotSpot, Java, The Network Is The Computer, iPlanet, the Butterfly logo and StarOffice are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. SPARC is a trademark or registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. PR Contacts for Press and Analysts:
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