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To: Terror who wrote (769)	1/19/1998 6:42:00 PM
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GTE Selects Sun's Scalable Starfire Servers With R/3 to Address Growing Transaction Needs Sun Microsystems to Provide $17 Million in Systems and Services to GTE PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1998--Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW - news) today announced that GTE, one of the largest publicly held telecommunications companies in the world, has selected four Sun(TM) Enterprise(TM) 10000 servers (also known as Starfire(TM)) running the Solaris(TM) operating environment, with the SAP R/3 solution to meet the fast growing transaction processing needs throughout GTE. Sun will also provide GTE with implementation assistance through Sun Professional Services. The purchase of Sun systems and services totals $17 million (U.S.) over the next year. Sun's Starfire servers will allow GTE to manage its corporate and financial data -- that currently run on a mainframe system -- at much greater performance levels and achieve better scalability. GTE also required a system that could handle batch load requirements in excess of one million transactions per hour. Sun's scalable systems will enable GTE to accommodate an increasing number of users over time. GTE ultimately plans to support 15,000 users running R/3 globally, making it one of the largest SAP sites in the world. In addition, GTE's use of the Solaris 2.6 operating environment and R/3, which are fully Year 2000 compliant, will address aspects of the company's Year 2000 compatibility issues. Over time, GTE's move to R/3 on Sun systems will replace more than 30 existing legacy systems. The GTE R/3 system will be implemented in stages beginning with the introduction of the Finance and Human Resources modules in all U.S. business operations. The current schedule calls for nationwide completion by year-end 1999. ''After careful evaluation of the major UNIX(R) open systems vendors, GTE chose Sun and SAP for proven scalability of the system and overall cost efficiency,'' said Grace Lawrence, vice president, infrastructure management at GTE. ''The R/3 solution on Sun systems integrates our customer, employee and financial information into one business application suitable for all our business units.'' ''We are extremely pleased to be chosen by GTE for their R/3 project,'' said Mark Tolliver, vice president of market development for Sun Microsystems Computer Company. ''The competitive environment of the telecommunications industry requires business systems that can respond rapidly to changing information requirements and an increase in processing volumes. That's why Sun has invested to make our servers the highest performance, most scalable platforms for enterprise applications like R/3.'' Sun Professional Services Completes the Solution GTE also teamed with Sun Professional Services to ensure a safe and expedient platform migration. Sun's consulting organization is experienced in transferring large enterprise R/3 installations on to the Enterprise 10000 platform. Sun deployed a team to work closely with GTE staff to plan and manage the platform migration of the GTE production environment. Sun Professional Services provided project management for this effort in order to ensure GTE's aggressive migration schedule was met. Sun Professional Services consultants' extensive R/3 migration experience allowed GTE to minimize the disruption to its operations while optimizing its R/3 on Sun system performance. Sun Professional Service consultants helped install, configure, and integrate the Enterprise 10000 R/3 platforms and migrate the current production system data on to the new Sun platform. The Enterprise 10000 systems were fully tested and validated before final deployment. Systems Purchased Along with the four Sun Enterprise 10000 servers, GTE has also purchased several Ultra(TM) 2 workstations, Enterprise 4000 servers, Sun(TM) RSM Array(TM) Model 200 storage trays, and StorageTek tape backup units. The R/3 solution from SAP runs along with Oracle's database 7.2.3. About GTE With revenues of more than $21 billion in 1996, GTE is one of the largest publicly-held telecommunications companies in the world. In the United States, GTE offers local and wireless service in 29 states and long-distance service in all 50 states. GTE was the first among its peers to offer ''one-stop shopping'' for local, long-distance and Internet access services. Outside the United States, where GTE has operated for more than 40 years, the company serves approximately 7 million customers. GTE is also a leader in government and defense communications systems and equipment, directories and telecommunications-based information services, and aircraft-passenger telecommunications. About Sun Microsystems Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, ''The Network Is The Computer(TM),'' has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc.(NASDAQ:SUNW - news) 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 $8.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com . Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems Solaris, Sun Enterprise, Starfire, Ultra, Sun RSM Array and ''The Network Is The Computer'' are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively licensed through X/Open Company Ltd.