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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

      SUN MICROSYSTEMS TO OFFER SYNOPTICS NETWORK PRODUCTS
   
SunFLASH Vol 33 #29					      September 1991 
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Agreement Delivers Expanded Network Services to Corporate Customers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Septmeber 30, 1991 -- In a joint announcement today,
Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) said that it will
incorporate network management and control systems, known as
intelligent hubs, from SynOptics Communications, Inc., into its
existing offerings of network services to customers in the U.S.  The
expanded offering from Sun will enable organizations to connect
thousands of desktop users in the high-growth client-server computing
environment.

The addition of the SynOptics product line extends Sun's current
network design, installation and consulting services.  The agreement is
part of Sun's Professional Services Strategic Partners Program and is
designed to assist customers in reducing the complexity of network
computing and meeting their needs for on-site support services.  In
addition, SynOptics will work with Sun to offer SynOptics customers
software and hardware integration support for its networking products
based upon Sun technology.

This agreement continues the strong history of collaboration between
Sun and SynOptics.  SynOptics is the market-share leader in intelligent
hubs and provides a broad product line of network solutions, including
a UNIX(R) network management system based upon the popular SunNet(TM)
Manager technology from SunConnect(TM), a business of Sun Microsystems,
Inc., and the Network Control Engine, based upon SPARC(R)
microprocessor architecture developed by Sun.  Sun is a long-time
development partner of SynOptics, and SynOptics is one of the largest
resellers of the SunNet Manager platform.

Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, a subsidiary of Sun
Microsystems, Inc., is the world's leading supplier of client-server
computing solutions, which feature networked workstations and servers
that store, process and distribute information.  

SynOptics Communications, Inc. is a leading supplier of networking
solutions that distribute management and processing power throughout
the network at the intelligent hub, allowing more efficient and
reliable delivery of data across a local area network.  Its products
include connectivity, internetworking and network management options
for Ethernet, Token Ring and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI.)
The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and has 38 offices
worldwide.  SynOptics is publicly traded over-the-counter under the
NASDAQ symbol SNPX.

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SynOptics Communications is a  registered trademark of SynOptics
Communications, Inc..  
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc.
SunNet and SunConnect are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc.  Products bearing
SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems,
Inc.

For PRESS inquiries only:

Contact:  Cindee Mock
Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. 
(415) 336-3563
	
Carol Broadbent
SynOptics Communications, Inc.
(408) 764-1017

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