Feature Story

November 1, 2005

Two Industry Leaders
Building a Platform for the Long Haul

A Letter from Tetsuo Urano, Robert B. MacRitchie, Bill King and Dave Cullinane

Tetsuo Urano Corporate Senior Vice President and Group President of Global Business Group Fujitsu Limited	Robert B. MacRitchie Executive Vice President Global Sales Organization Sun Microsystems, Inc.	Bill King Senior Vice President U.S. Sales Fujitsu America Inc.	Dave Cullinane Executive Vice President Sales Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Accelerating the Future of Solaris™ on SPARC®

After 20 years of close collaboration, Sun and Fujitsu are proud to announce that in 2005 we have accelerated our partnership to a new level, driven by a sharp focus on providing increasing value to our customers. As we combine our strengths and strategic assets to build a new generation of SPARC® systems, our end goal is clear: Provide flexibility of choice, rapid innovation, and the investment protection that our customers require.

It’s about Customer Choice

Above all, this exciting new chapter in our partnership centers on maintaining the broad array of choices that you have come to expect from the Solaris™ on SPARC ecosystem. In fact, we’re working to expand customer choice along multiple dimensions. First, we are 100% committed to ensuring that a strong portfolio of Solaris on SPARC applications continues to thrive for many years to come. One of the keys to that is our technology roadmap: You can rest assured that there is a robust, highly competitive SPARC-based roadmap extending well into the future.

By further galvanizing the Solaris on SPARC marketplace, Sun, Fujitsu, Fujitsu America Inc. for North America and Fujitsu Technology Solutions for Europe, Middle East, and Africa are focused on ensuring that leading and emerging ISV software is always available to our customers. We are also focused on ensuring that a strong partner community will continue to thrive around Solaris on SPARC. We know that by maintaining this high level of commitment and activity among ISVs and other members of the SPARC community, we can translate that investment and energy in the market directly into greater customer choice and higher value for you. The value lies in having a broader set of application and deployment options than ever before, so you can support your business as it evolves.

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