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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                 SunSelect Launches Operations in Japan

SunFLASH Vol 55 #16					           July 1993
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55.16	SunSelect Launches Operations in Japan
	New Tokyo Office to Meet Growing Demand for Integrating PCs
	with the Enterprise. SunSelect's products include PC-NFS,
	SelectMAIL, SunPC and Wabi
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   New Tokyo Office to Meet Growing Demand for Integrating PCs
                     with the Enterprise
  
CHELMSFORD, Mass.--July 7, 1993--In a move to expand its worldwide
presence, SunSelect, the PC integration business of Sun Microsystems,
Inc., today announced the establishment of its Tokyo office.  The new
office will enable SunSelect to take full advantage of the trend in
Japan toward rightsizing, meeting that country's growing demand to link
desktop computers with the broader enterprise.

SunSelect's Japan office will initially focus on developing localized
versions of SunSelect(TM) products, as well as expanding relationships
with OEMs, distributors and resellers.  SunSelect will also take
advantage of the market built by Nihon Sun, Sun Microsystem, Inc.'s
Japanese subsidiary and the number one supplier of workstations in
Japan.

"As in the United States, the information industry in Japan is in the
midst of a rightsizing revolution," said Dave Power, general manager of
SunSelect.  "Applications that formerly ran on mainframes are being
ported to client/server networks of UNIX(R) workstations and personal
computers, thereby increasing the demand for SunSelect products that
bridge these two worlds.  By establishing an office in Japan, we will
have the people and technology in place to compete in this emerging
market."

SunSelect has named Yukinobu Uyama as country manager for its Japanese
operations. Before joining SunSelect, Uyama spent 27 years with IBM
Japan in a range of development and product management positions. Most
recently, Uyama was a manager in IBM Japan's Enterprise Systems Group.

Uyama noted that the potential demand for SunSelect products in
Japan is high.  "Industry analysts project that by 1995, 40 percent of
PCs in Japan will be networked, versus about 15 percent last year," he
said.  "Moreover, the number of PCs will grow as Microsoft(R) Windows
and DOS/V take hold and the price performance of PCs continues to
improve.  SunSelect is now in an excellent position to take advantage
of these trends."


About SunSelect
  
SunSelect was established in 1992 as a business unit of Sun
Microsystems, Inc., dedicated to providing PC users with access to a
full range of company-wide resources, regardless of platform or
operating system.   SunSelect is based in Chelmsford, Mass., with
offices in Alameda., Calif., and Bagshot, U.K., in addition to its new
Tokyo office.

SunSelect products include PC-NFS(R), an open, scalable network
operating environment that connects PCs with UNIX systems,
minicomputers, mainframes and supercomputers; SelectMAIL(TM)
cross-platform email products; and the SunPC(TM) line of
high-performance personal computer emulation products. In addition,
SunSelect has announced and will soom release Wabi(TM), a technology
that allows Microsoft Windows applications to run directly on
UNIX-based PCs and workstations at full performance without the need
for MS-DOS(TM) or Microsoft Windows.

SunSelect products are distributed directly through authorized
SunSelect resellers, through local Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) sales offices, and other distribution channels.

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