Sun Microsystems Teams with GTSI Financial Services

San Francisco -- May 17, 2005 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that it is expanding its customer financing capabilities, offered through Sun Microsystems Finance services, to better serve federal, state and local government customers. Through a new agreement with GTSI Financial Services, Sun is able to provide financing options that allow government customers to better leverage their budgets in order to refresh or upgrade Sun technologies and services. By helping to ease the financing burden, SMF allows government agencies to plan better for investment in technology, accelerate deployment schedules and map payment schedules to fit their budget.

Through the alliance with GTSI Financial Services, Sun customers in government agencies will be able to finance solutions under the GSA schedule, allowing them to acquire Sun technology with a convenient monthly payment plan that requires no negotiation. Sun's government customers will have access to various leasing programs that can incorporate a technology-migration option and is compliant with federal acquisition regulations.

"Sun Microsystems Finance's alliance with GTSI Financial Services encourages our government customers to remain on the cutting edge of technology while at the same time stretching their IT budgets," said Kris Snow, vice president of Sun Microsystems Finance. "By partnering with GTSI Financial Services we increase the flexibility of IT purchasing for government agencies and ultimately increase the value of their investment in Sun's end-to-end technology."

Sun Microsystems Finance offers Sun customers competitive, innovative financing for their total Sun solution, reducing cost and complexity and enabling customers to continually innovate throughout their entire IT lifecycle. For more information about Sun Microsystems Finance, please visit http://www.sun.com/leasing.

About GTSI Financial Services

Committed to meeting the most demanding IT challenges, GTSI is a recognized IT solutions leader for federal, state and local government customers worldwide. More than two decades of government-focused experience and a wide variety of financing options set GTSI apart. Complemented by value-added services and specialized GTSI Technology Practices, GTSI has a distinct advantage in defining and transforming IT requirements into affordable, real-world solutions. GTSI Financial Services is a dedicated government finance subsidiary of GTSI Corp, assisting federal, state and local governments with innovative financial solutions that address funding constraints and proactively manage technology lifecycles.

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 make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com

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