SUN MICROSYSTEMS: Sun Microsytems and Gateway initiate delivery of integrated,
end-to-end computing solutions; Gateway and Sun team to provide fully integrated
PC solutions with integrated order and delivery system
APR 27, 2000, M2 Communications - SAN DIEGO and PALO ALTO, CA. -- Sun
Microsystems, Inc. and Gateway, Inc. today announced that Gateway is now
accepting and shipping orders from Sun[tm] customers in the United States to
provide PCs to meet their end-to-end computing requirements. The companies have
implemented their joint field sales efforts and have integrated their websites
providing direct links to the product and service information Sun customers
require to facilitate orders. As announced in February, Sun sales
representatives will refer customers to Gateway for personal computers to meet
their enterprise customers' Windows-based PC requirements. Gateway will pre-load
these PCs with the Sun Portal Pack, Sun's webtop application software.
Under the agreement, Gateway will bundle and support the Sun Portal Pack on its
E-Series desktops and Solo portable computers, giving Sun customers complete
office productivity and access to the growing array of web-based services.
Customers can purchase Gateway computers with the Sun Portal Pack by contacting
their Sun sales representative or directly through Gateway. Customers can also
order online through Sun's SunStore[sm] e-commerce site with direct links to
Gateway's website and eSource personalized websites. Gateway will provide first
level support for the end-user applications in the Sun Portal Pack, which
includes the StarOffice productivity suite, Netscape Communicator, Java 2
Platform Standard Edition software, Jini connection technology and the Java 3D,
Java Media Framework and Java Advanced Imaging technologies. Consistent with
Sun's philosophy of providing open application programming interfaces and
available source code, the Sun Portal Pack contains the software for accessing,
connecting and running Internet applications, providing a foundation upon which
enterprise applications can be readily built or integrated. |
