Lenovo, Ulticom, Veraz Networks, VoiceGenie Lead List of Global Partners
Building Next Gen Telecommunications Systems
NEW ORLEANS, CTIA WIRELESS (Booth 1370), March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Underscoring its leadership in the telecommunications industry, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that 34 Independent Software
Vendors (ISVs) have agreed to port a range of telecom applications to the
Solaris(TM)10 Operating System (OS). Solaris 10 will enable the 34 partners,
including Lenovo, Ulticom, Veraz Networks, VoiceGenie and leading companies
from around the globe, to deliver software and systems that enable carriers to
improve network operations environments, reduce costs and quickly implement
new secure IP-based services.
"With in-kernel support for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol
(SCTP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and unique features such as
Solaris Containers and Predictive Self-Healing, Solaris 10 is the ideal
platform for telecoms applications," said Tom Goguen, Vice President,
Operating Platforms Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Today we welcome
34 partners who are building next generation systems."
Sun has a strong and successful history in the telecommunications industry
and with Solaris 10, carriers, service providers and network equipment
providers can benefit from dramatic improvements in performance and security,
and increased service levels. Additionally, Solaris 10 supports current IPv6
specifications and APIs, paving the way for the development of next generation
IP-based services. Partners and customers will also benefit from increased
platform choice as Solaris 10 supports a broad range of SPARC(R) and x86/x64
processor-based systems.
Sun platforms and Solaris 10 offer great performance for the many types of
workloads important to the Telco industry. In a recent SPECjAppServer(TM) 2002
benchmark, Sun and BEA achieved new world record performance of 4220.39
TOPS@DualNode on the powerful 24-way Sun Fire(TM) E6900 servers with
UltraSPARC(R) IV 1.2GHz processors. The SPECjAppserver benchmark is designed
to test Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) that is often used
as a standard platform for development of portable, scalable, multi-tier
enterprise applications. Additional Solaris 10 benchmarks can be viewed at
http://www.sun.com/solaris/benchmarks.(1)
At CTIA Wireless 2005, Sun announced agreements with 34 telecom partners
to support Solaris 10, including Adax, Appium, AsiaInfo, BOCO, Cntomorrow,
DigitalChina, Flextronics Software Systems (FSS), Hurray, Infozech, JnetX,
Lenovo, Longshine, Metarnet, Mpathix, Neusoft, Object Computing, Inc., Open
Cloud, Poson, Pronto Networks, Runway, Shanghai Ideal, Sleepycat Software,
Sures, Syndesis, TransNexus, Ubiquity, Ulticom, Veraz Networks, VoiceGenie,
Wayout, Xbell, ZCXC, Zhongyin-Unihub and Zznode. These partners provide
solutions that include VoIP, multimedia VPN, Web-based collaboration, business
operation support systems (BOSS), customer relationship management (CRM),
voice recognition, and more. Since the launch of Solaris 10 in November 2004,
more than 500 partners have joined Sun's "10 Moves Ahead" partner initiative
and are porting more than 800 applications to Solaris 10. Information on
Sun's partner program is available at http://sun.com/partners/10moves.
Adax
"Sun and Adax share a vision for the telecom market that encompasses
convergence and the creation and delivery of new IP-based services. Combined,
Sun's new Solaris 10 OS and Adax's superior SS7/IP signaling solutions create
a scalable platform for building revenue-generating
services," said Barry Zuckerman, CEO, Adax, Inc.
Infozech
"By deploying our Rating Engine product, i-Rater on Solaris 10, we will
help customers manage their applications independently, control resource
utilization based on their business needs, isolate faults and ensure security
between multiple applications," said Ankur Lal, CEO, Infozech. "That's our
promise to the market, and Solaris 10 helps us deliver."
Ulticom
"Ulticom is pleased to offer carrier-grade SS7, SIGTRAN and SIP signaling
with our Signalware platform on Solaris 10. Ulticom has had a long history of
providing carrier-grade signaling on the telco industry-leading Solaris
operating system. Solaris 10 raises the bar in terms of performance and
reliability," said Osman Duman, Vice President of Marketing, Ulticom.
Veraz Networks
"Veraz and Sun have long held a shared philosophy of open standards that
is highlighted by Solaris 10's new integrated support for SCTP and SIP open
standard Telco IP protocols. Sun dominates the market for carrier-grade
telecommunications infrastructure equipment due to its outstanding reputation
for reliability," said R. Paul Singh, Vice President of Business Development,
Veraz Networks.
Join Sun Microsystems at CTIA Wireless (Booth #1370) to hear from
customers and partners that are benefiting from telecom industry solutions
provided by Sun. Visit our online press kit
(http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/ctia2005/index.html) to view all
press release, presentation schedules, white papers and product backgrounders.
To learn more about the Solaris 10 OS for the telecommunications industry,
visit: http://www.sun.com/solutions/landing/industry/telecom.xml.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer(TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a
leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that
make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the
World Wide Web at http://sun.com
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Inc.
(1) SPEC and the benchmark names SPECjAppServer, SPECjbb are registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive
benchmark results reflect data published as of 03/01/05. For the latest
benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/.
For More Information:
Terri Molini
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(408) 404-4976
terri.molini@sun.com
Dan Dent
Citigate Cunningham for Sun
(617) 374-4233
DDent@citigatecunningham.com
http://www.sun.com/news
Contact: allpress@sun.com
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