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Sun Microsystems, Inc. Overview
Sun is a leading worldwide provider of products, services and support solutions for building and maintaining network computing environments. Sun sells scalable computer and storage systems, high-speed microprocessors, and a comprehensive line of high-performance software for operating network computing equipment. Sun also provides a broad range of services, including support, professional services, and education. Sun's products are used for many commercial and technical applications in various industries including telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, government, education and research, retail, health care, digital media, and entertainment. Sun utilizes open industry standards, the Solarisu Operating Environment, and the UltraSPARC (Ultra Scalable Processor Architecture) microprocessor architecture. In addition, Sun is committed to investment in and ownership of intellectual property, leveraging our relationships with industry leaders and enabling the Internet and network-based business solutions, as further described below.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, Sun had revenues of $18.25 billion, employed approximately 43,700 employees, and conducted business in over 170 countries. Sun was incorporated in California in February,1982 and reincorporated in Delaware in July, 1987.
Markets
Telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, government, education and research, retail, health care, digital media, and entertainment.
Sun has focused the company's organization on the following four product and service lines-of-business: |
| Computer Systems andNetwork Storage |
Computer Systems and Network Storage design, develop and bring to market a broad range of desktop systems, servers, storage and network switches, incorporating the UltraSPARC microprocessors and the Solaris Operating Environment. They also design and develop high performance UltraSPARC and MAJC microprocessors, computer board platform, processor modules, chip sets and logic products for Sun systems products and OEM customers. |
| Enterprise Services |
Enterprise Services provides a full range of global services for heterogeneous network computing environments. These services include design, implementation and operation of enterprise and Internet computing environments, systems integration and support, professional services, and education. |
| Software Systems |
Software Systems designs, develops and brings to market our Solaris Operating Environment, the Java platform, our core technologies for consumer and embedded markets which utilize the Java technology, Jini network technology, software development tools and Sun's StarOffice application software, which are based upon open source standards, including XML technology. |
| iPlanet |
Through Sun's relationship with America Online, Inc. (AOL), the company designs, develops, markets and sells enterprise and E-commerce software for consumers and businesses under the iPlanet brand. These software products and technologies, commonly referred to as middleware, complement Sun's enterprise servers, storage and workstation products. Combined, these products provide customers with comprehensive solutions to their enterprise and Internet computing needs. |
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