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	HITACHI LICENSES SUN'S NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY

SunFLASH Vol 12 #6					 December 1989 
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Sun's NFS Will Be Supported on Hitachi Mainframes
 
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --December 12, 1989-- Sun Microsystems and
Hitachi, Ltd., today signed an agreement under which Hitachi will
license Sun's Open Network Computing/Network File System (ONC/NFS(TM))
technology for implementation on Hitachi's mainframe computers.
ONC/NFS will allow Hitachi systems to operate in mixed-vendor computer
networks by sharing files and resources.

Hitachi will develop a sophisticated version of ONC/NFS for its
large-scale, non-UNIX(R) operating system used on its mainframes
worldwide.

"Sun welcomes Hitachi to the community of ONC vendors," said Ed Zander,
Sun vice president of corporate marketing.  "More than 280
organizations have licensed ONC/NFS, making it the most widely
installed set of networking protocols in the industry.  Sun is pleased
to see ONC/NFS's continued acceptance outside the UNIX marketplace --
especially within the mainframe environment."

Hitachi's mainframes are frequently part of global computer networks.
"Our expertise in mainframe technology, coupled with Sun's networking
capabilities, assure a sophisticated mainframe product offering," said
Atsu Kimura, general manager of Hitachi's Marketing and Product
Planning Division, Computer, Telecommunications & Office Systems
Group.  The company is known for the advanced software capabilities it
offers to customers, he added.

NFS is the best-known member of Sun's Open Network Computing product
family.  ONC also contains a platform and tools for building highly
sophisticated services that extend over an entire network.  With these
tools, users can develop additional network services and distributed
applications.  ONC is a component of SunNet(TM), Sun's comprehensive
family of networking products for distributed workgroup computing.

Today, more than 90 systems vendors are currently delivering technology
based on Sun's ONC/NFS platform, including IBM, Digital Equipment
Corp., HP/Apollo and Data General.

Hitachi, Ltd., is one of the world's largest electronics and electrical
equipment manufacturers, with operations extending to computers,
semiconductors, consumer products, power generating equipment and
industrial machinery.  The company, founded in 1910, had annual sales
of $48.5 billion (Y6,401,417 million) in its 1988 fiscal year and
employed 274,508 employees worldwide.

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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ONC/NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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.

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