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To: Kerry Lee who wrote (27101)	5/24/2000 8:55:00 AM
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SUNW storedge in the news, hope this is foreshadowing of a high-profile pr campaign........Seems like more text relating to storage than has been typical? supplyFORCE.com Chooses Sun Microsystems' Storage and Server Solutions to Power Premier Supply Chain Management Solutions Website Sun StorEdge Arrays, Enterprise Servers, and Netra Servers Deliver Availability and Scalability Required to Bring supplyFORCE.com's Distributors and Customers Together in an e-Business Solution PALO ALTO, Calif. and KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) and supplyFORCE.com, a premier provider of fully integrated business-to-business e-commerce solutions, today announced that supplyFORCE.com has selected Sun's servers and storage to create an end-to-end storage solution to power its supply chain management website for industrial and construction distributors and customers. supplyFORCE.com's entire storage infrastructure is based on Sun StorEdge(TM) A5100 disk arrays which, when integrated with Sun Enterprise(TM) 4500 database servers and Netra(TM) 1125 carrier-grade servers, enable supplyFORCE.com to provide a highly scalable, highly available network that allows its world-class distributor network to be part of a 24x7 virtual system. The system is also backed by Sun Storage L1000 and L3500 tape libraries. ``To build customer trust and loyalty in the e-commerce marketplace, we need an always-on, always-available website,'' said Diane Mirvis, chief technology officer at supplyFORCE.com. ``We trust Sun's leadership in e-commerce solutions, and their products represent proven storage technology with advanced features that meet our current performance and high availability requirements, and provide the capacity for future growth. We considered all the main UNIX vendors, but Sun was the only vendor that could offer a complete solution.'' ``supplyFORCE.com combines the best of an e-commerce, integrated supply chain management solution with the expertise of traditional fulfillment from the largest industrial and construction supply distribution network in the country,'' said Denise Shiffman, vice president of marketing for Sun Network Storage. ``We worked with supplyFORCE.com to design a network that meets the critical availability and scalability requirements of e-business.'' Sun Delivers on Critical Demands for Creating e-Business Solutions Sun's products are targeted to meet the stringent demands from e-businesses. Sun worked with supplyFORCE.com to design a network that quickly handles transactions from distributors' back-end networks, as well as those from end-user customers. To ensure high availability of the site, Sun and supplyFORCE.com created a clustered configuration of Sun Enterprise servers and Sun StorEdge arrays. The network is also designed to scale to meet heavy demands that may occur when supplyFORCE.com launches its site later this summer. supplyFORCE.com gives national reach to local distributors and decreases costs by automating the front-end transaction processing, which is supported by Sun StorEdge A5100 disk arrays. Additionally, customers are hosted by Sun Enterprise and Netra Servers as they access supplyFORCE.com's extensive catalog of products and services. About Sun Network Storage Sun Network Storage was formed by Sun Microsystems in July 1998, and is a recognized multi-billion dollar industry leader in the UNIX© and open systems storage market. Sun is changing the rules in network storage by delivering software and hardware written to an open network architecture. Sun's commitment to standards enables timely availability of new technology, investment protection for existing technology, and a thriving partner community. The comprehensive Sun StorEdge family of products enables customers to match storage to the application while providing scalable capacity and performance in a ``pay-as-you-grow'' architecture. About the Sun Enterprise Server Family The Sun Enterprise server family is the industry's only single, binary-compatible product line featuring a range of servers that scale from one to 64 processors -- providing customers with flexibility, investment protection and an unparalleled growth path. Designed for workgroup, departmental and data center computing environments, the Sun Enterprise server family provides an ideal platform for a variety of applications, including enterprise resources planning, electronic commerce, data warehousing, Internet/Intranet and customer management systems. About Sun Microsystems, Inc.