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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

           SMCC And GE Information Services to Offer
     Networked Information And Document Management Solutions

SunFLASH Vol 42 #4					           June 1992 
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	Companies Announce Joint Marketing and Sales Agreement

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 3, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) and General Electric Information Services (GEIS)
announced a joint marketing and sales agreement to promote networked,
UNIX-based information and document management systems. The new
solutions will combine SMCC's industry-leading SPARCstation and
SPARCserver systems and the Solaris operating environment with GEIS'
expertise in systems integration and developing customized
applications.

Key to the new solutions are advanced database retrieval, messaging and
electronic data interchange (EDI) technologies that allow users
throughout an enterprise to share not only text but complex compound
documents containing graphics and images. Included in these
technologies is NeWSware, a unique on-line database search and
electronic mail service based on the OpenWindows windowing environment
and jointly developed by GEIS and Sun. NeWSware is the only such tool
for UNIX that is available on a wide-area network.

According to analysts, GEIS is the number one EDI network provider
worldwide, and will be the first vendor to offer a networked EDI
solution for UNIX. SMCC selected the company as a partner in this
effort because of its experience in systems integration, global
networking and application customization. SMCC is the top vendor of
workstations and servers, with an installed base of more than 600,000
systems.

The SMCC/GEIS partnership will address the growing demand for
networked, UNIX-based document management solutions, particularly in
markets such as manufacturing and publishing. For example, by allowing
workgroups to share not only text but product designs and complex
technical specifications, the SMCC/GEIS solution will facilitate
concurrent engineering and just-in-time manufacturing, reducing the
time it takes to get new products to market. Large publishers will
benefit from the ability to rapidly customize and deliver large volumes
of information to end users as well as the ability to handle multiple
document formats and large files.

"Never before has the ability to quickly access information on a
worldwide basis been more critical," Mario Dal Canto, SMCC director of
technical and industrial market development. "Today's businesses truly
need to have `facts at their fingertips.' These solutions will give
users an entirely new way to access and share information,
demonstrating the power of open, client-server computing in the rapidly
expanding information services market."

"We believe that our expertise in global networked solutions coupled
with SMCC's strength in the workstation arena will change the way that
organizations handle documents," said James Macioce, manager-technical
services, GE Information Services. "SMCC was a natural fit for this
program."

GE Information Services provides information solutions over the world's
largest private wide area network, specializing in highly customized
application integration backed up by comprehensive worldwide support. A
division of the General Electric Company, GE Information Services is
headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.


GE Information Services Bob Plumb (301) 340-4972

Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.  Robert Manetta (415) 336-0979

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