---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Spider And SunConnect Sign Agreement For Future X.25 Products SunFLASH Vol 34 #11 October 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is FYI regarding one of the SMI businesses. It does not indicate a change in direction or a new product announcement for SMCC. -johnj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Jose, Calif., Oct. 9, 1991, Spider Systems and SunConnect, a Sun Microsystems business, have signed an agreement that will result in the integration of Spider's portable STREAMS-based X.25 technologies into future SunConnect products. Today, Spider's X.25 implementation, SpiderX.25, supports UNIX(R) System V Release 4 (SVR4) STREAMS environment and is based on 1988 CCITT X.25 recommendations. Additionally, SpiderX.25 meets the approval requirements for the European Telecommunication Standard NET-2, conforms to US Government FIPS 100, and supports both local and wide area networks (LANs and WANs). A key component of SunConnect's LAN/WAN product strategy is its X.25 product, which allows users to communicate over distant wide area networks (WANs) economically, using TCP/IP or OSI as they have been using them over local area networks (LANs). SunConnect's future X.25 products will be available for the Solaris 2.0 operating environment provided by SunSoft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems. Brian Gray, Spider's OEM Business Manager, said "SpiderX.25 is the world's leading portable STREAMS-based X.25 software used by UNIX computer manufacturers and is currently licensed by more than 25 OEMs worldwide. Sun is clearly recognized as the world's No. 1 workstation vendor, and Spider is extremely pleased that SunConnect has chosen SpiderX.25 for its future X.25 based products. "Our relationship with Spider reinforces our commitment to maintaining our edge in wide area networking worldwide" said Cheryl Vedoe, SunConnect VP and General Manager. Spider Systems already provides communications software to over half the world's computer and communications manufacturers. In addition, Spider designs, develops and manufactures a range of hardware products to connect, interconnect, monitor and manage networks of computers and other computing resources. Spider markets these products worldwide. The company has its headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. SunConnect, a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc., develops and markets products that enable customers to transparently integrate UNIX systems into mixed-vendor environments and efficiently manage enterprise-wide networks. The company has its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Contact : Janice Cutting Spider Systems 031 554 9424 Contact : Erica Vener SunConnect (415) 336-3566 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu and paris.cs.miami.edu. All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.