To all:
Yet another huge order:
Wednesday October 2 3:15 PM EDT
Sun Microsystems Awarded Multiple NASA SEWP II Contracts
Wins in Software Development and CAE/CAD Workstation Categories
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1996--Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that its
wholly owned subsidiary, Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., has been awarded two contracts by NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center with a value expected to exceed $100 million.
Under the Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement (SEWP II) contract, Sun Microsystems Federal
was awarded contracts for software development (Class 6) and CAE/CAD electronic circuit design
workstations (Class 1). Based on the evaluated quantities listed in the SEWP II solicitation, this win represents
approximately 40 percent of the estimated 34,000 workstations projected over the life of the contract.
The right to purchase equipment under these contracts is open to all federal agencies with no restrictions on
the amount of non-NASA purchases. SEWP II comes after NASA's earlier SEWP I, under which Sun
Microsystems Federal received one of nine contracts awarded in 1993.
"SEWP I has been an extremely successful contract vehicle for both NASA and Sun," said John Marselle,
president of Sun Microsystems Federal. "We are particularly pleased that Sun(TM) products will continue to
be available to all NASA and other federal government users through both of our NASA SEWP II contracts."
Sun Federal will provide NASA with software development tools, 64-bit Sun Ultra(TM) workstations, servers
and enterprise systems running the Solaris(TM) operating environment, as well as products based on Sun's
Java(TM) platform for the Internet. These products will be used by NASA for software engineering, full
life-cycle software development and maintenance, proof-of-concept and prototype development, client
application development and other XPG4 UNIX-based development efforts.
These workstations also will support NASA in the development of custom and semi-custom very-large-scale
integration (VLSI) chip designs and for the designing, routing and placing of printed circuit board layouts.
Specific functions include schematic capture, timing tests, simulations, route and place, and test and
verification of prototype physical components.
Sun Microsystems Federal's winning team includes SunService, fulfilling the service requirement of the award,
and SunSoft, providing the Solaris operating environment and software development products.
With annual revenues of more than $7 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc., provides products and services that
enable customers to build and maintain open network computing environments. Widely recognized as a
proponent of open standards, the company is involved in the design, manufacture and sale of products,
technologies and services for commercial and technical computing. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982
and is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif.
Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, Ultra and Java are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All SPARC trademarks are
used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by
Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively
licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.
Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the
World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA Mosaic. Type sun.com at the URL
prompt.
CONTACT: Sun Microsystems Federal
Deana Alvy, 703/204-4135
deana.alvy@east.sun.com
or
Burson Marsteller for Sun
Jane Rauckhorst, 212/614-4880
jane_rauckhorst@bm.com |
