Sun Awards Storage Partner of the Year to BakBone SoftwareLAS VEGAS SUN FORUM 2006, October 11, 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) today announced it has named BakBone Software, Inc.(BKBO.PK) its Storage Partner of the Year. The award recognizes the Sun technology partner who has demonstrated excellence in its relationship with Sun in a number of areas, including responsiveness to new business opportunities, support for Sun's full product portfolio, including the Solaris Operating System (OS), and investment in technical, sales and marketing resources to support joint technology development and revenue generation.
"Helping customers get the most from their data and solve their toughest data management problems takes a team," said Douglas Murray, executive director, Global Alliances, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "BakBone Software has shown itself to be a team player in every sense of the word and we are proud to honor their commitment with Sun's Storage Partner of the Year award." "With over a decade of support for the Solaris OS, a shared footprint in 550 of the Fortune 1000, and a reach that expands to a network of joint channel partners across the globe, we are honored and pleased to receive this award," said Jim Johnson, BakBone's president and CEO. "Grounded in our existing and growing sales and service relationship with Sun, BakBone continues to be best-in-class in our focus to reduce cost and complexity for customers. Simply put, this award recognizes our commitment to helping customers fully leverage their Sun investments with simple integrated data protection solutions for virtually any storage environment." BakBone Software is also an inaugural member of the Sun StorageTek Ready platform. See related release at: http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-10/sunflash.20061011.1.xml. More information on Sun's storage portfolio is available at: http://www.sun.com/storage. About Sun Microsystems, Inc.A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, StorageTek, Solaris, and The Network is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Press Release Finder
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