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	GNP COMPUTERS TO SUPPLY SUN WORKSTATIONS TO TIAA-CREF

SunFLASH Vol 14 #2 					 February 1990 
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		$2 Million Sale Largest to Date of Any Sun VAR
 
PASADENA, Calif. --February 6, 1990-- GNP Computers, a Sun value-added
reseller (VAR) with offices in Pasadena, Calif. and New York, today
reported the sale of more than 100 Sun386i(TM) workstations and Sun
SPARCstations(TM) to TIAA-CREF, a New York-based non-profit company
that manages a $70 billion investment fund for college educators.  The
sale, valued at more than $2 million, is the largest single order
received from a Sun VAR since Sun established its VAR program in
November, 1987.

TIAA-CREF will use its extensive Sun network to administer and manage
the use of investment funds.  The company has developed in-house
UNIX(R) applications based on Sybase's database management software and
DOS-based spreadsheet and word processing applications.  GNP Computers
will add proprietary software to enhance UNIX security and technical
expertise for back-up and recovery procedures as well as network
administration.

"The Sun386i offered the best hardware solution for integrating our
UNIX and DOS applications," said Chuck Dvorkin, vice president at
TIAA-CREF.  "GNP Computers clearly had the best technical support and
service for our network environment."

TIAA-CREF selected GNP Computers as its supplier because of GNP's UNIX
expertise and attentivenesss to the account.

"We were able to offer a total package that included price, support and
service that no other vendor could match," said Ken Kalb, director of
operations at GNP Computers.  GNP also provides 24-hour technical and
administrative support with continuous on-line system maintenance.

"In the future, we will be moving more of our users to the
SPARCstations as additional DOS applications migrate to the UNIX
world," said Mr. Dvorkin.  "We also plan on upgrading many of our
Sun386is with Sun's 80486 CPU board upgrade."

GNP Computers, founded by California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
graduates in 1983, has been a Sun VAR since February, 1989.  Sun VARs
are independent companies authorized to resell Sun equipment as part of
a total turnkey solution for customers.  Sun's VAR program currently
includes more than 250 resellers in the United States.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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Sun386i and SPARCstation are trademarks of Sun Microsystems.  UNIX is a
registered trademark of AT&T.  All other products or services mentioned
in this document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of
their respective companies or organizations.

Press Contact:
Dennis Freeman (415) 336-6117

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