Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision - The Network is The Computer - has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) 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. Sun was founded with one driving vision. A vision of computers that talk to each other no matter who built them. A vision in which technology works for you, not the other way around.

While others protected proprietary, stand-alone architectures, Sun focused on taking companies into the network age, providing systems and software with the scalability and reliability needed to drive the electronic marketplace. As broad as Sun's product line is, they recognize that no single supplier of computing solutions can be all things to all people. That's why they have established long-standing relationships with leading companies worldwide: with value-added resellers who add capabilities to Sun systems for use in specialized markets; with original equipment manufacturers who incorporate Sun products and technologies in everything from embedded controllers to massively parallel supercomputers; and, with independent software vendors who work with Sun to deliver tuned and tested business solutions--for enterprise resource planning, supply-chain management, data warehousing, and more. Sun also partners with integration firms who use Sun products to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions for mixed-platform environments.