Sun and NTT COMWARE Demonstrate Next Generation...

First Public Demonstration of Sun´s High Performance, Highly Available Netra ATCA Blade Platform; Industry Support from Leading Real-Time Data Management Providers

CHICAGO, Ill. - SUPERCOMM Conference (Booth #78022) - June 6, 2005 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) and NTT COMWARE, a group company of NTT , today made the first public demonstration of Sun´s upcoming Netra ATCA (advanced telecom computing architecture) blade platform at 2005 Supercomm. The demonstration shows NTT COMWARE´s next-generation SIP application server technology for ˝triple-play˝ services (voice, video and data) on Sun´s Netra ATCA blade running carrier-grade Solaris Operating System. This new platform is scheduled for release at the end of 2005.

˝Today we are demonstrating a major step toward enabling service providers to quickly deploy next generation voice, video and data services on our upcoming ATCA platform,˝ said Raju Penumatcha, VP of Netra Systems and Networking (NSN), Sun Microsystems. ˝This demonstration validates the importance of Sun´s ATCA strategy for high-performance, highly available next-generation telecom services that meet the demand of today´s service providers.˝

The combination of the UltraSPARC processor-based ATCA blade running the proven carrier-grade Solaris 10 Operating System, NTT COMWARE´s best-in-breed SIP application server and NMS Communications´ Open Access platform will uniquely enable high performance, highly available triple-play services for emerging fixed mobile convergent networks.

˝NTT COMWARE has been working very closely with Sun on our next-generation SIP application server technology and we intend to deploy this technology on Sun´s ATCA blade platform to enable triple-play services for our key service provider customers,˝ said a senior vice president with NTT COMWARE. ˝Leveraging an open, standards-based computing platform like Sun´s Netra ATCA blade platform will allow us the flexibility to rapidly deploy revenue-generating services that can easily adapt to evolving marketplace needs.˝

Earlier this year, Sun announced that NMS Communications would be delivering its OpenAccess technology on Sun´s upcoming ATCA platform. Concurrently, NMS Communications is announcing publicly its plans for delivering its ATCA standards-based OpenAccess products to the market. This real-world telecom application provides the first tangible example of this collaboration on Sun´s ATCA blade platform.

Additional Industry Support From Leading Real-Time Data Management Providers: TimesTen and Solid Information Technology

To accelerate development and deployment of next-generation telecom services, such as IP multimedia subsystems (IMS), Sun today also announced alliances with leading real-time data management software providers, TimesTen and Solid Information Technology. Next-generation telecom services, such as IMS, demand real-time data management and open, scalable ATCA platforms to meet the performance and capacity requirements of today´s service providers. Real-time data management software is used to facilitate seamless call transfer from one network to another and enable location/presence-based services without noticeable delays.

˝By bringing together Sun´s Netra ATCA blade platform with leading embedded data management providers, service providers and network equipment providers will be able to more quickly develop and deploy revenue-enhancing next generation telecom services for emerging convergent networks,˝ said Raju Penumatcha, VP of Netra Systems and Networking, Sun Microsystems. ˝Sun´s Netra ATCA blade platform will deliver the scalable, highly available, carrier-grade platform needed to make next generation telecom services cost-effective while reducing time-to-revenue.˝

TimesTen will be qualifying and delivering its embedded, real-time data management software products on Sun´s Netra ATCA blade platform, supporting both Solaris 10 and carrier-grade Linux operating systems. TimesTen´s products, based on in-memory SQL relational database technology (RDBMS) and open, standard APIs, provide the ideal foundation for such services, and match the carrier-grade expectations of service providers worldwide.

˝TimesTen and Sun have been working together for more than six years to meet the needs of telecom customers. We share a commitment to providing best-in-class software and hardware infrastructures that innovate and optimize value,˝ said John Trembley, director of telecom and networking at TimesTen. ˝The Sun Netra ATCA blade platform and TimesTen´s real-time data management software are well-positioned for the evolution of core networks and converged services.˝

Similarly, Solid Information Technology, a long time Sun partner, will also be qualifying and delivering its complete embedded data management software platform on Sun´s Netra ATCA blade platform, supporting both Solaris 10 and carrier-grade Linux operating systems. Optimized for carrier-grade telecom devices and services, Solid´s embedded data management software platform provides a truly integrated in-memory and disk based SQL relational database engine (RDBMS) that includes patented bi-directional data distribution technology to guarantee data consistency across loosely connected systems.

˝By bringing together Sun´s standards-based ATCA blade platform with Solid´s standards-based embedded data management software platform, we are making it much easier for service providers to speed their next-generation services to market,˝ said Alain Couder, President and CEO of Solid Information Technology. ˝Solid delivers proven, high-availability core technology so that service providers don´t have to reinvent the wheel and can instead focus on creating new services like IMS, VoIP, PTT and other novel IP-based services.˝

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