Sun Microsystems Top Executives to Address Security and Open Source in the Participation Age

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) executives Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO, and Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO, will deliver keynote presentations on Feb. 14 at the RSA Conference and Open Source Business Conference, respectively. The leading industry events address key themes essential to the Participation Age: security, community and openness. At the RSA Conference in San Jose, Calif., Scott McNealy's keynote presentation will address the need for a systemic security approach to both protect and enable opportunities the network provides. Up the highway at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, Jonathan Schwartz will discuss the economic value and business opportunities of the open source community.

WHEN and WHERE:

Scott McNealy's keynote presentation, "Tear Down the Walls - Embrace Risk and Opportunity Through Security", will take place Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9:50 a.m. Pacific. The RSA Conference is being held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. from Feb. 13-17. Information about the conference can be found at http://2006.rsaconference.com/us/ .

Jonathan Schwartz's keynote presentation, "Open Source: Moving Beyond Just Software", will take place Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. The Open Source Business Conference is being held at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco Feb. 14 and 15. Information about the conference can be found at http://www.osbc.com/live/13/ .

Additional Sun Activity at RSA Conference

Sun will host a customer luncheon with security experts Whitfield Diffie and Radia Perlman. Held on Tuesday, Feb. 14, the lunch will provide an opportunity to learn more about Sun's systemic approach to security. For more information and to register for the luncheon, please visit http://mediadirect.com/rsa/email.html .

In the Sun booth, number 515, visitors can view demonstrations and discuss Sun's integrated technology solutions. In addition to McNealy's keynote, several Sun executives will be participating in presentations and panels at the RSA Conference, lending expertise on topics such as identity management, cryptography, data management and cross platform security. Additional Sun presentations at RSA Conference include:

Tuesday, February 14

-- 10:35 a.m. Pacific -- Whitfield Diffie, chief security officer

The Cryptographers Panel

-- 11:45 a.m. Pacific -- James Hughes, Sun fellow

Storage Security -- Use of Encryption to Protect Data at Rest

-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Yvonne Wilson, architect

Implementing Federated Identity: What Products Do You Need?

-- 3:25 p.m. Pacific -- Rafat Alvi, senior architect, CTO Office

Trusted SOA: An End-to-End Trustworthy Services-Oriented

Architecture

-- 4:30 p.m. Pacific -- Rags Srinivasan, CTO, Technology Evangelism

Secure Cross-Talk Between Java and NET Platforms Using WS-Security

Thursday, February 16

-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Michelle Dennedy, chief privacy officer

The Policy of Identity: Privacy Rules

-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Nancy Hurley, director, Data Management Group

Software

Integration of Data Management ILM Systems

-- 3:25 p.m. Pacific -- Radia Perlman, distinguished engineer

The Information Protection Wars

Friday, February 17

-- 11:10 a.m. Pacific -- Hanumatha Neti, director, IT Security and

Danny Smith, IT security specialist

Security Metrics -- How Six Sigma is Helping Security in Large

Enterprises

Additional Activity at Open Source Business Conference

In addition to the Jonathan Schwartz keynote presentation, Sun executives will be participating in panel discussions addressing issues facing the open source community and its impact on the technology industry. Sun is also hosting the Opening Night reception on Feb. 13, providing conference participants a chance to meet and mingle with their peers. Sun panel topics include:

Tuesday, February 14

-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Tim Bray, director of Web Technologies

Stacking the Enterprise Deck: The Rise of LAMP/J and its

Implications for Enterprise Infrastructure

Wednesday, February 15

-- 3:15 p.m. Pacific -- Bill Vass, chief information officer and senior

vice president

Can a Leopard Change its Spots? The Long Road From Proprietary to

Open

-- 4:10 p.m. Pacific -- Tim Bray, director or of Web Technologies

Open Source Software and Standards Revisited

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.

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java, Solaris, Star Office, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Contact: Dana Lengkeek of Sun, +1-650-786-4017, or dana.lengkeek@sun.com.

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