---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Sun News: Grants, SunSelect and Sitka, SunPro & SunConnect Expand SunFLASH Vol 48 #9 December 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article consists of 4 Sun press releases: Sun Microsystems Foundation Makes New Community Grants SunSelect and Sitka Combined SunPro Expands Worldwide Distribution Network SunConnect Expands -johnj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Sun Microsystems Foundation Makes New Community Grants Contact: Lisa Ganier at (415) 336-5637. Nonprofit Groups Receive $259,395 for Community Development MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- December 14, 1992 -- The Sun Microsystems Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit charitable organization, announced today that it has awarded $259,395 in community development grants to organizations in the San Francisco and Boston areas, the two regions in which Sun Microsystems has its largest operations. Many of the new grants will support programs in education and job training and development. Today's awards bring contributions from both Sun and the foundation to more than $2.8 million since the grants program was established in April 1990. In keeping with Sun's entrepreneurial history, the foundation's grants focus on four specific community development areas: education, job training, leadership development and business enterprise. In the San Francisco Bay Area, where Sun's headquarters are located, the foundation has donated $174,395 to six community organizations. The recipients are: * Association for Retarded Citizens ($12,500), Hayward, Calif., for funds to hire a job developer for the Right Track Employment Program, which places adults with developmental disabilities in full-time positions; * Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula ($12,000), Menlo Park, Calif., to fund The Key Council, a leadership development program for seventh-to-twelfth graders in low-income areas of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City; * Catholic Charities ($41,803), Oakland, Calif., for funding to continue and expand an electronic assembly training program that serves low-income refugees and immigrants living in Fremont, Calif.; * The East Palo Alto Youth Development Center ($50,000), East Palo Alto, Calif., to fund the salaries of two Hispanic mentor advocates, who work to help high school students stay in and finish school; * Opportunities Industrialization Center West ($49,097), East Palo Alto, Calif., for the Industry-Specific Internship Program, which places participants in paid internships after they have completed one of several job training programs; * Santa Clara University ($8,995), Santa Clara, Calif., for the Academic Enrichment Seminars, a series designed to encourage minority youth and women to pursue college studies in sciences and engineering. In the greater Merrimack Valley north of Boston, Massachusetts, the foundation awarded $85,250 to five organizations: * American Training ($15,000), Lawrence, Mass., for the Comprehensive Offender Employment Resource System, which helps ex-offenders find meaningful, above-minimum-wage employment prospects; * Brandeis University Center for Corporate and Education Initiatives, in partnership with Community Action, Inc. ($10,000), Haverhill, Mass., to expand Career Beginnings, a program that helps pregnant and parenting teens to stay in school; * Family Service Association of Greater Lawrence ($15,000), Lawrence, Mass., for a primary prevention program aimed at developing self-esteem, decision-making and leadership skills among seventh and eighth graders who will in turn implement similar activities with middle school children; * Lawrence Youth Commission ($20,000), Lawrence, Mass., for funds to continue and expand the Adult Leadership Development Program, which trains adults from multicultural backgrounds to serve on the boards of community organizations; * Middlesex Community College ($25,250), Lawrence, Mass., for the Lowell-Middlesex Academy, a high school re-entry partnership with Lowell Public Schools for 16-to-22-year-olds who have not graduated from high school. Organizations interested in receiving grants from the foundation submit proposals that are screened by a team of Sun employees. This team includes both management and non-management staff. Recommendations for funding are then submitted to the foundation for consideration. Currently, the foundation awards grants primarily to organizations in the areas where Sun has its major facilities -- the south San Francisco Bay Area and the Merrimack Valley north of Boston. The Sun Microsystems Foundation, Inc., was formed in December 1990 by Sun Microsystems as a vehicle to share the company's success with -- and support the economic development of -- the communities where Sun employees live and work worldwide. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SunSelect and Sitka Combined Date: December 15, 1992. Contact: Beth Byer, SunSelect at (508) 442-0271, or Kathryn Lang, HiTech Communications at (415) 904-7000, or Rick Brown, Sitka at (510) 769-2679, or Richard Vanhoesen, Sun Investor Relations at (415) 336-0117. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. COMBINES SUNSELECT AND SITKA CORPORATION Combined Business Unit Integrates Complementary PC Networking Product Lines; Operates Under SunSelect Name MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--December 15, 1992--Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that it intends to compete more aggressively in the PC networking market by combining the operations of two of its businesses: SunSelect and Sitka Corporation. The combined business unit integrates SunSelect's open, client-server networking and emulation product families with peer-to-peer and mobile networking product lines from Sitka. "Peer-to-peer, client-server, and mobile networking are among the fastest-growing PC networking segments today," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Combining the two business units makes SunSelect extremely competitive against leading PC networking vendors in all three areas." The worldwide operations of the combined business will be headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., with additional offices in Alameda, Calif., Bagshot, U.K.,and Tokyo, Japan. The integrated enterprise will carry the SunSelect name and will be directed by Carl S. Ledbetter, vice president of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and general manager of SunSelect. Sitka products will continue to be sold and supported through existing Sitka channels. The integrated SunSelect is committed to the established strategic business relationships of both companies and will continue the level of service and support that customers have come to expect. The transition is scheduled take effect on December 28, 1992. "By combining the two business units, Sun now offers customers a broader range of solutions for their PC networking needs --all from a single source," said Ledbetter. "Today's announcement also means that SunSelect now offers customers the combined service and support capabilities of two strongly service-oriented businesses." "This is an exciting development since both companies are committed to providing open, cross-platform solutions," said Deborah Triant, president and CEO of Sitka Corporation. "Together, we can offer users a powerful way to maximize resources regardless of platform or operating environment." The Combined Product Family The Sitka product line provides cross-platform peer-to-peer networking, and connectivity products for mobile and pen-based computer users. The Sitka products, SitkaTOPS(tm), PenTOPS(tm), PenCentral(tm), and Sitka 10NET(R), make it easy for computer users on different computer platforms to share resources with other systems on a network. The combined SitkaTOPS and 10NET installed baseexceeds one million nodes. SunSelect's products complement the Sitka line by adding powerful alternatives for integrating PCs into open network environments. With one million installed nodes, SunSelect's PC-NFS(R) software is now the industry's most widely used PC-to-enterprise networking solution. SunSelect also markets NetWare(R) SunLink(R) software, which integrates the most popular LAN with the industry's leading workstations, and SunPC(tm) software and hardware acceleration products for running MS-DOS(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) applications on SPARC(R) workstations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SunPro Expands Worldwide Distribution Network Better access to industry leading software development tools for the Solaris® operating environment MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-November 30, 1992-SunPro, the software development business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced it has expanded its worldwide network of distributors who market the business's leading family of professional software development products. SunPro has signed five new U.S. distributors, including Access Graphics, ComputerLand, Axil Workstations. Solbourne Computer, and VCnet/U.S as well as eight European distributors, predominantly in France, Germany Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. These new channels augment SunPro's existing agreements with SunExpress and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) which will continue to carry SunPro's products worldwide. SunPro provides a complete line of software development products for the Solaris® operating environment. The products, to date primarily sold by the SMCC direct sales force for use on Sun's SPARC®-based workstations and servers, are now also available for non-Sun SPARC-compatible systems, as well as Solaris for x86-based personal computers. SunPro is expanding its distribution to better serve the professional developer community worldwide in these emerging markets. "These new partnerships reflect the robust growth of the UNIX® development market worldwide," said Roger Fisher, SunPro's director of worldwide sales. "As the world's leading provider of professional developer tools for UNIX, SunPro wants to ensure that its products reach the widest possible audience. With these agreements, SunPro is now providing a choice of sources for sales and support for our customers in Europe and here in the U.S." SunPro Distributors SunPro's U.S. distribution network includes the following resellers: o Access Graphics (Boulder, Colo.)--A national distributor specializing in UNIX systems, Access Graphics is a primary distributor for VARs authorized by Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). o ComputerLand (Pleasanton, Calif.)--One of the world's largest master distributors, with an extensive network of resellers. o Axil Workstations (San Jose, Calif.)--A leader in the SPARC market, Axil designs, manufactures and distributes U.S.-made SPARC-compatible workstations. o Solbourne Computer, Inc. (Longmont, Colo.)--The company that pioneered the SPARC-compatible industry, Solbourne designs, markets and services SPARC-compliant symmetric multiprocessing server systems. o SunExpress (Lincoln, Mass.)--The Sun Microsystems business that provides easy ordering and fast delivery of products for the SPARC/ Solaris computing environment in the U.S. and Europe. o Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (Mountain View, Calif.)--The Sun Microsystems subsidiary that markets workstations and server systems worldwide. SunPro's European distribution network includes, in France: Summer Systems, StationSoft, and S.C.S.; in Germany: Astro Datensysteme GmBH and Ractech GmBH; Integrated Solutions Ltd. (U.K.), Triple P Computer Systems BV (The Netherlands), and Esselte Datasoft (Sweden). SunPro Products All distributors now carry the complete line of SunPro SPARC products: the SPARCworks(TM) Professional development environment, which includes: SPARCworks tools and SPARCompilers for C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal and Ada and the newly announced SPARCworks(TM)/TeamWare code management tools. Most are also expected to carry ProWorks(TM)/Teamware code management tools, ProCompilers and ProWorks(TM) tools for Solaris for X86 when these products begin shipping in volume in 1993. About SunPro SunPro, established in July 1991 as a business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., is dedicated to serving the needs of professional software developers. With headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., SunPro is the worldwide volume leader in professional software development products for the SPARC and x86 architectures running the Solaris operating environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SunConnect Expands Date: December 7, 1992. Contact: Erica Vener (415) 336-3566 SunConnect to Expand Operations Worldwide New Headquarters in Grenoble, France Mountain View, Calif. -- December 7, 1992 -- SunConnect (TM), a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced that it will expand its operations worldwide and establish new headquarters in Grenoble, France. The expansion is a key component of SunConnect's strategy to develop and market products for building and managing global networks. The business will strengthen product development, sales and marketing functions in Europe, while maintaining its strong presence in California. "We're investing in SunConnect to create an international networking business that will draw on worldwide technical expertise -- in Europe as well as the U.S. and elsewhere -- to serve our broad customer base," said Scott McNealy, president and CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunConnect has had a significant presence in Grenoble for over two years and will benefit from the intercontinental development experience gained by this group. The expanded business is headed by Denis Yaro, who will be in Grenoble by mid-1993 as general manager of SunConnect and vice president of Sun Microsystems. Mr. Yaro joined Sun Microsystems in 1989 as manager and then director of network management. He led the group responsible for designing, developing and bringing to market the industry-leading network management system, SunNet(TM) Manager. About SunConnect SunConnect is a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Headquartered in Grenoble, France, SunConnect develops and markets products that accelerate the growth, use and management of global networks. SunConnect's United States headquarters is located in Mountain View, Calif. 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