AG Communication Systems to buy 500 SPARC Solaris systems

Business Wire, Jan 9, 1995

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 1995--Sun Microsystems Computer Co. (SMCC) Monday reported that it has won a large software development contract, valued at approximately $4.8 million, from AG Communication Systems, a developer of advanced telecommunications products.

The company has agreed to purchase approximately 500 Sun systems as part of its vision of building a heterogeneous development network to improve quality and productivity.

The company will use powerful SPARCstation 20 workstations and SPARCserver 1000 departmental servers running the Solaris operating environment for all aspects of its internal software development business, including applications to be deployed for intelligent network environments and other advanced telecommunications services.

"Intelligent networking" is one of the fastest-growing areas in telecommunications for both wireless and wireline networks.

After an extensive evaluation of competing companies, AG Communication Systems chose SMCC to be its business partner. The two companies will continue to work together on joint marketing and sales opportunities. AG Communication Systems will install systems in internal development and support organizations, and then rapidly deploy systems for individual customer projects. SMCC's open, scalable client-server architecture enables users to add computing resources as needed as their demands grow. -0-

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CONTACT: Sun Microsystems Computer Co.

              Penny Johnson, 415/336-6180
              Burson-Marsteller
              Ted Dupont, 212/614-4562
              AG Communication Systems
              Tom Stagner, 602/582-7520