sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SAP and SMCC in Joint Marketing/Technology Agreement SunFLASH Vol 58 #17 October 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58.17 SAP and SMCC in Joint Marketing/Technology Agreement SAP AG and SMCC to pport R/3, SAP's suite of integrated business applications, to SPARC and establish centers in the U.S., Europe and Japan to make R/3 available on systems from SMCC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Dana Gauthier, SMCC worldwide account manager for SAP, 415-336-5325 Contact Peg Culotta, SAP America, Inc. 215-595-4753 SAP AND SMCC PARTNER ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING AGREEMENT Sun Platform to Support SAP's Integrated Suite of Business Tools and Applications SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- October 18, 1993 -- SAP AG and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today announced they have signed an agreement to port R/3, SAP's suite of integrated business applications, to SMCC's SPARC(R) computer systems running the Solaris(R) operating environment. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will establish centers in the U.S., Europe and Japan to make R/3 available on systems from SMCC worldwide. The two companies will also closely cooperate on future product developments. The agreement brings together two industry leaders in client-server computing: SAP, the eighth largest software company in the world, and SMCC, the world's leading supplier of UNIX(R) workstations and servers. Businesses can now use SAP's flexible, three-tiered, client-server architecture, which divides presentation logic, application logic and database functionality, running on SMCC's scalable line of computers, which range from desktop machines and X terminals to mainframe-class servers. As a result, organizations will be able to deploy data, processing power and applications where users need it most with the flexibility to expand or change configurations easily. "Today's announcement is in response to strong customer demand for R/3 on the Sun(R) platform," said Dr. Hasso Plattner, vice-chairman and co-founder of SAP AG. "The combination of R/3's flexible architecture with Sun's workstations and servers will be an attractive solution for companies looking at information technology to help reengineer their businesses." "We are very excited about our partnership with SAP because it will significantly help our joint customers use information technology to improve their competitive advantage and reduce costs," said Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With SAP on Sun systems, customers now have a well-matched set of software applications and hardware platforms that will provide a flexible and cost-effective environment for automating business processes." The R/3 for Sun announcement coincides with the availability of System R/3 Release 2.1 from SAP. With Release 2.1 comes major enhancements to R/3's overall functionality covering all strategic areas of business, including improved GUI and workflow-enabled applications, as well as a fully functional production planning system, and augmentation of the quality management, plant maintenance, project system, controlling and human resources modules. R/3 is a highly functional, fully integrated business application package, supporting the logistics, financial, human resources and office communication functions throughout the enterprise. "Our relationship with SAP consolidates our position in the manufacturing market," said Mario Dal Canto, director, technical and industrial market development, SMCC. "Sun can now provide the largest portfolio of leading solutions which range from product design and the factory floor to enterprise-wide, integrated systems, such as R/3." R/3 2.1 will be available for SMCC systems running the Solaris 2 operating environment in the first quarter of 1994 in North America and Europe, and in the second quarter of 1994 in Japan. RDBMS support for R/3 2.1 on Sun systems will include ORACLE7 and INFORMIX-Online version 6. As part of the agreement, SMCC has established a Bay Area Competency Center at SAP's Development Center in Foster City, Calif., and a European Competency Center at SAP's worldwide headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. An additional center is expected to be opened in Japan in the first half of 1994. These centers will provide a range of services, including optimizing R/3 for the Sun platform, configuration and sizing, benchmarking, and pre-sales support. Founded more than 20 years ago, SAP provides mainframe and client/server-based business applications software for a wide range of hardware platforms. About 3,000 companies in 36 countries use SAP software for integrated manufacturing and logistics, financial and cost accounting, sales and distribution, and human resources. Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP employs a workforce of over 3,500 and has 24 regional offices and 28 subsidiaries worldwide, including SAP America, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, and SAP Canada, headquartered in North York, Ontario. Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) is the world's leading supplier of open client-server computing solutions. It is an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer supplier to World Cup USA 1994. SMCC has its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. # # # Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, the Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation logo and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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