Sun Microsystems Solves Customers' Business Integration Challenges; Strengthens Solaris Enterprise System with New Sun Java Composite Application Plat

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator and leading advocate of Java(TM) technology, today announced a new suite of infrastructure software within the Sun Java(TM) Enterprise System to help enterprises address the most challenging business integration and Web 2.0 development projects. The new Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) delivers a range of business solutions to streamline IT services across an organization, leveraging existing legacy assets without the need for extensive coding.

Following its August 2005 acquisition of SeeBeyond, Sun has combined SeeBeyond's business integration software with the Sun Java Enterprise System to create a highly secure and scalable Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) platform. Sun now gives customers the complete toolset and run-time environment to transform and automate core business processes, such as purchasing, quote to order, inventory re-stocking, pricing approvals, travel authorization and numerous others. Sun is also introducing new professional services offerings to help further drive greater IT cost-savings and productivity and realize the full potential of SOA.

"With the introduction of Java CAPS, we are delivering on Sun's promise of the industry's most integrated, secure and powerful platform and tools for solving our customers' crucial business integration problems," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Software for Sun Microsystems. "With almost no coding whatsoever, organizations can now develop and deploy SOA and Web 2.0 services that leverage existing legacy assets more quickly and at lower total cost than ever before. In short, Sun is giving customers the market agility and ability to align IT with business goals that other vendors simply cannot match."

The Sun Java CAPS is comprised of four suites, including the new Sun Java B2B Suite and Sun Java ESB Suite as well as the existing Sun Java Application Platform Suite and Sun Java Web Infrastructure Suite. Each suite is available individually for a subscription price of $50 per employee per year. When purchased together, Java CAPS is discounted to $100 for all four suites, a 50 percent savings over the cost if purchased separately. This complete solution will deliver a proven SOA foundation consisting of industry leading services which are designed, developed, managed and monitored through a common toolset and may be deployed into a common runtime environment or exposed as individual Web services.

The four Java CAPS suites include:

-- Sun Java B2B Suite: A subset of the Java CAPS targeting customers that

require the ability to efficiently manage the diverse business-to-

business requirements across their supply chains, distribution networks

and clearinghouses.

-- Sun Java ESB Suite: A subset of the Java CAPS targeting customers with

the requirement to simplify complex and costly messaging

infrastructures, the Java ESB Suite provides an advanced distributed

enterprise service bus through open standards support for Web services,

XML, transformation and intelligent routing.

-- Sun Java Application Platform Suite: A subset of the Java CAPS, The Sun

Java Application Platform Suite addresses the challenges of

manageability, performance, security, and availability of business

critical applications and processes. It enables process-driven portals

delivering role-based composite applications, providing authorized

information through a single user experience.

-- Sun Java Web Infrastructure Suite: A subset of the Java CAPS, the Web

Infrastructure Suite improves web security, strengthens online customer

and partner relationships, and reduces Web operations costs. This suite

is comprised of market leading Web and identity infrastructure

products.

With the addition of Java CAPS, Sun once again strengthens the Java Enterprise System. Sun now provides customers with a single and complete platform that includes the operating system, infrastructure software, system management and developer tools all within the Solaris(TM) Enterprise System, which is available at no cost for unlimited use to developers and users.

With over 1.1 million subscribers, the Sun Java Enterprise System is an industry-leading open, standards-based software system that delivers a core set of shared enterprise network services as a single, integrated entity on a predictable release cycle. The entire Sun Java Enterprise System is available until June 30 for a promotional price of $150 per employee per year. After July 1, the price will be $200 per subscription.

In addition to the Java CAPS suite, the Java ES is comprised of three additional software suites, including the Sun Java Availability Suite, the Sun Java Identity Management Suite and the Sun Java Communications Suite, each available for the subscription price of just $50 per employee per year. Individual point products within these suites can also be purchased separately as well. All of Sun's software is available at no cost for unlimited use without the support, indemnification, patching or upgrades provided with the subscriptions.

Sun's momentum in the business integration market is underscored by the addition of nearly 150 integration-related customer agreements completed since the SeeBeyond acquisition closed, as customers recognize the benefits of the integrated Sun and SeeBeyond platform. New and existing customer wins completed in the past six months involve leading organizations such as Harrods, TransAmerica Life Insurance Company and the San Diego County Health Medical Society Foundation.

For more detail on Sun's Java integration software and related professional services, please visit: http://www.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- 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 sun.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Carrie Kasten

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

347-534-2093

carrie.kasten@sun.com

Contact: allpress@sun.com

(650) 786-7737

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