---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Sun Users Choose Sun as Best in Its Class SunFLASH Vol 66 #7 June 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988 John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 66.07 Sun Users Choose Sun as Best in Its Class Based on a flurry of awards stemming from reader responses given by a variety of publications, computer users continue to prefer Sun workstations and servers for technical computing. Ranked as the world's leading workstation and server vendor by International Data Corp., Sun Microsystems has maintained its leadership position with technical users despite increased competition from other vendors. (147 lines) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following announcement was made earlier today, June 8, 1994, by SMCC. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Steve Fritz of SMCC Public Relations, (415/336-0597) or Susan Austin of Hi-Tech Communications (415/904-7000, ex.210). USERS CHOOSE SUN SYSTEMS AS BEST IN THEIR CLASS Variety of Awards Show Sun Systems Still Have Edge with Technical Users Among the most recent honors: * Scientific Computing & Automation (April 1994) readers voted the SPARCstation(TM) 10 the industry's No.1 technical workstation. * Control magazine (January 1994) readers chose Sun workstations over HP and IBM by a margin of two to one (Sun received 33 percent of the vote, HP and IBM got 13 percent each). * IEEE's Computer Graphics and Applications editorial board honored Sun with two 1993 Excellence Awards. SunVideo(TM) received the second-place prize, while the SPARCstation ZX captured the third-place ranking. * Open Computing chose the SPARCserver(TM) 1000 as "Product of the Year" for 1993. * Advanced Systems chose the SPARCserver 1000 as "Product of the Year" for 1993. * CIO Magazine awarded Sun *five* Reader's Choice awards for 1993. #1 Brand Awareness Workstations #1 Consideration for Purchase Workstations Best Price/Performance Workstations Best Return on Investment Workstations Leadership in Technology Workstations * At ComNet `94, SunATM(TM) won "Best New Transport Technology Product." * At ComNet `94, FastEthernet(TM) won "Best New LAN and Internetworking Product." * Machine Design awarded Sun the CAD/CAM Leader Award for 1993, the second year in a row. Other recent awards include: * Germany's top business publication, Manager Magazin, in conjunction with the Boston Consulting Group, named Sun the world's most successful and best-run computer company in February 1994. * Scott McNealy earned the World Trade Club's International Achievement Award in 1993, the youngest recipient in the club's history. "This kind of recognition is really the best type of recognition," stated Phil Samper, president of Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. "We have worked very hard at Sun over the years to provide the utmost in workstation capabilities and value. We appreciate positive customer response like this very much." Sun has long been the unit volume and installed base leader in technical markets, a position it established quickly after its founding 12 years ago. The company is currently 120 in the Fortune 500. Last September, the millionth Sun computer rolled off the assembly line. Today, Sun still retains its leadership position in technical markets, even as it has expanded into commercial markets such as telecommunications and financial services. For example, numerous leading financial institutions use Sun workstations to track the complex and fast-paced capital markets. Such well-known retail stock brokerage firms as Charles Schwab and Co. and commercial banks such as Chase Manhattan are among the many Sun users in this market, where Sun is ranked number one. Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC), the world's top supplier of open network computing solutions, is an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Built on Sun's legacy of "The Network is the Computer(TM)," SMCC's SPARC(R)/Solaris(R) workstation and server family leads the UNIX market. 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