NETO and SUNW partnership stock is dirt cheap now.
NetObjects and Sun to Provide Next Generation
Enterprise Portal and Intranet Building Solutions
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and PALO ALTO, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) and NetObjects, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETO - news) today announced a joint
agreement to bring the next generation of NetObjects Authoring Server(TM) Suite, a leading intranet building solution for
enterprises, to the Solaris(TM) operating environment. The new version, which will include the NetObjects TeamFusion(TM)
Client for the Solaris operating environment, will give enterprise customers a high performance, scalable and reliable
environment to quickly create compelling intranet portals and corporate e-Business sites.
As enterprises begin to create and leverage intranet information portals to facilitate relationships among employees, business
partners, suppliers and channels, a new market for robust and scaleable intranet building solutions is emerging. Already adopted
by leading enterprises including The Boeing Company and NationsBank Corporation, the NetObjects Authoring Server Suite is
part of NetObjects' strategy to provide end-to-end intranet relationship management solutions to enterprises worldwide.
''This announcement today shows Sun's continued commitment to work with leading vendors to provide rich products for
creating leading-edge enterprise portals and corporate intranets,'' said Doug Kaewert, vice president of market development at
Sun.
NetObjects Authoring Server Suite provides the performance needed to support concurrent, collaborating users across an
enterprise-wide deployment with several underlying technologies such as a content contributor -- based on Java(TM)
technology, an integrated asset manager and a remote systems administrator. NetObjects Authoring Server Suite helps
enterprise customers collaboratively build and manage intranets and extranets that integrate business processes and deploy
robust applications.
''We look forward to bringing the power of NetObjects Authoring Server Suite to global enterprise customers who have
adopted Sun's Solaris operating environment as their computing platform of choice,'' said Morris Taradalsky, executive vice
president of the enterprise division at NetObjects. ''NetObjects Authoring Server Suite for the Solaris operating environment
will offer enterprise customers a powerful solution to create and maintain intranet portals that help increase business efficiency
and reduce costs.''
Solaris Operating Environment
The Solaris 7 product line provides full binary compatibility with previous releases of Solaris software, Windows NT
interoperability, ease-of-administration and mainframe-class capabilities. It gives customers an opportunity to deploy a single
operating environment, where in the past they typically had to use MVS at the high-end, UNIX® in the mid-range and
Microsoft Windows systems at the low-end.
Availability
Enterprise users can learn more about the Sun and NetObjects relationship on the NetObjects Web site at
netobjects.com and Sun's Web site at sun.com or by visiting the NetObjects booth at JavaOne (Booth
#908). The product will be available in the first half of 2000.
About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc., majority owned by IBM (NYSE: IBM - news), is a leading provider of e-Business software and services that
enable small businesses as well as large-scale enterprises to build, deploy and maintain Web sites on the Internet and corporate
intranets.
The NetObjects product family includes NetObjects Fusion(TM) and NetObjects Authoring Server Suite. In addition,
NetObjects offers its customers on-line solutions, including content, products and services to help them register, host, build,
maintain and promote their Web sites.
NetObjects has been ranked by Softletter 100, NewMedia 500 and as one of Fortune's 25 Very Cool Companies. Its
products have won over 50 awards including InfoWorld's Analyst Choice award, CNET's Internet Excellence award, PC
Magazine's Editors Choice award and InternetWorld's Industry Award. More information about NetObjects and its products
can be found at www.netobjects.com.
About Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, ''The Network Is The Computer(TM),'' has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to
its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the
power of the Internet. With more than $11 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the
World Wide Web at sun.com.
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