SUN UNVEILS MOST COMPLETE SET OF INTERNET BUSINESS SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE
TODAY

Internet Pioneer Delivers on Challenge of Electronic Commerce

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 23, 1995 - With more than a dozen years of
Internet experience and innovation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. today detailed
its strategy to make the Internet a viable business tool by announcing a
suite of products, services and partners. The company is offering access
products, innovative security solutions, interactive publishing tools and
commerce infrastructure to give businesses what they need to conduct
electronic commerce.

"There has been an explosion of interest in the Internet in the last year,
and the popular focus has been on consumers," said Scott McNealy, chairman
and chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "We see an enormous
opportunity, and so do our customers, for business-to-business electronic
commerce, as well as for business-to-consumer commerce. Today Sun provides
the tools to do both."

The access products announced today include a new Netra Internet Server,
with enhanced Web publishing capabilities, a new, easy-to-use
administration tool, and first-of its-kind Netware compatibility. Sun also
announced a software-only solution, the Internet Gateway for Solaris
software, for x86 platforms.

New security solutions include the Solstice SunScreen product family,
delivering the most advanced Internet security and privacy solution, and a
new version of the Solstice FireWall-1 package.

Sun also formally announced what has been heralded as the next generation
of Web browsing technology. The HotJava dynamic browser is the first
browser to bring real-time interactivity to Web pages. The HotJava dynamic
browser is powered by the Java language, a secure, cross-platform, dynamic
programming language developed at Sun. In addition, Sun is offering the
Netscape Navigator, Communications, News and Commerce Servers, which
provide electronic commerce infrastructure capabilities.

Simplified Internet Access

Leading the company's move to provide easy access to the Internet is the
new Netra Internet Server -- a complete and easy-to-install hardware and
software system that provides simple and secure access to the Internet,
without requiring an in-depth knowledge of the UNIX operating system. The
enhanced system now includes Web server software based on NCSA httpd
server software, new easy-to-use configuration and administration tools
with a graphical user interface and support for providing Netware client
access for Internet applications such as the Netscape Navigator.

In addition, Sun announced the Internet Gateway for Solaris x86 Software,
which gives Solaris x86 OEMs and systems integrators the ability to create
Netra server-like solutions on the Solaris x86 platform. Lastly, the
company announced an expansion of its SolarNet PC Networks solution,
providing Microsoft Windows users an integrated set of tools to access the
Internet from their desktops. The SolarNet PC Internet client software
includes a Web browser, file transfer utility, mail tool, news reader and
a complete high performance TCP/IP stack.

Is It Safe?

The Solstice SunScreen product is a dedicated, hardware and software
security solution. The SunScreen unique "stealth" architecture makes it
hard to detect on the network and therefore difficult for hackers to
attack. By integrating advanced packet screening with authentication and
encryption technologies, the SunScreen solution enables geographically
dispersed companies to use the Internet as a virtual secure private
network. Delivering very high levels of security for complex, commercial
networks, the SunScreen solution includes services for installation,
configuration, security audits and key management.

In addition to the SunScreen package, Sun Microsystems announced a new
release of its best-selling Firewall-1 1.2 software, a layered network
security tool for the Solaris software environment. The new release
includes user level authentication and an enhanced graphical user
interface (GUI). Both the FireWall-1 1.2 and SunScreen packages offer
advanced packet filtering, which is significantly more effective than the
more common static packet filtering, and both systems are transparent to
end users and applications, reducing end-user training and application
maintenance costs.

Publish or Perish

Sun Microsystem's HotJava browser, based on the Java language,
revolutionizes the World Wide Web experience. An innovative new
object-oriented programming language developed at Sun, Java is simple,
portable, extensible and secure.

"Java is the first language that provides a comprehensive solution to the
challenges of programming for the Internet," says McNealy. "Java provides
maximum protection against viruses and makes the headaches of application
porting and software installation a thing of the past."

The Java language makes the HotJava dynamic browser an interactive
experience that brings the Web to life with real-time, fully interactive
graphics, audio and video.

HotJava is now available for the Solaris software environment, and for
Windows 95 and Windows NT environments. It will be available on MacOS 7.5
in late summer 1995.

Sun also offers the Netscape Communications Server for customers needing
high performance publishing capabilities.

Getting the Business Done

With Netscape's Commerce Server, Sun provides the infrastructure required
to handle business-to-consumer transactions over the Internet, and with
its SunScreen solution, Sun provides the infrastructure for complex,
networked business-to-business electronic commerce.

"We expect the Internet to be at the forefront of electronic enterprise in
the decades to come," said Sun Chairman McNealy. "With the tools that
we've made available today, early adopters in business-to-business
settings can begin conducting electronic commerce now. Within the next few
years, business-to-consumer electronic commerce could begin to replace
much of the world's existing business infrastructure."

Sun's History on the Internet

An early participant in developing the Internet, Sun Microsystems has
expanded its initial involvement in the long term vision for the Internet
through an ongoing commitment to open computing and networking. Sun
developed the NFS program, the Internet standard for file sharing, and
became one of the first vendors to standardize TCP/IP network protocols in
its systems. The result is that 56 percent of the hardware backbone of the
existing Internet superstructure is Sun servers and 80 percent of Internet
applications are first developed on Sun systems.

Likewise, Sun's reputation for providing state-of-the-art networking
systems has been built, in part, on its pioneering efforts with the
Internet.

With revenues in excess of $5 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc., is a world
leader in the design, manufacture and sale of open network computing
products and services, including workstations and servers, microprocessor
and application-specific IC design, system software, networking products,
professional service and support and after-marketing services. The
company's SPARC workstations, multiprocessing servers, SPARC
microprocessors, Solaris operating software and UNIX service organization
each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry. Founded in 1982, Sun is
headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and employs more than 13,000
employees in 32 offices worldwide.

Sun Microsystems Computer Company
2500 Garcia Ave
Mountain View, CA 94043
415-786-7737

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