Sun Announces Services for SAP R/3; Sun Professional Services Helps Customers Migrate Their SAP Applications to a Scalable Platform

Business Wire, August 31, 1999

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1999--

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced Sun Professional Services SAP Platform Migration Services to help customers smoothly migrate their current SAP R/3 business application solutions to the Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) computing platform.

"When we decided to implement an enterprise-wide computing network, we turned to Sun Microsystems. We wanted a powerful, reliable system and minimal disruption to our day-to-day operations," stated Ed Toben, Vice President, Global Information Technology, Colgate Palmolive Company. "It was reassuring to have Sun Professional Services' consultants as we didn't have time to micromanage every vendor and consultant and they were able to get us up and running flawlessly."

Sun SAP Platform Migration Services is addressing demand from customers experiencing availability issues with their non-Sun platforms. With recent announcements of industry-leading, record-breaking benchmark results (see related announcements from Sun), many customers are opting to migrate their SAP solutions to the Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) platform.

"We're helping customers minimize their migration downtime and maximize their Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) platform performance," stated Paul Rochester, vice president and general manager of Sun Professional Services. "Sun's proven experience with migrating the SAP R/3 solution to the Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) platform is a recipe for success."

Sun Professional Services Upgrade Services

Sun is also announcing that the Sun Professional Services consultants are available to help customers upgrade their SAP software and data safely. Sun Professional Services consultants work onsite with IT departments to help deliver a tested, fully functional, high-performing upgraded SAP environment to best suit their business needs.

Pricing and Availability

Sun SAP Platform Migration and Upgrade Services are available globally today on a custom quote basis. For more information see www.sun.com/service/sunps/erp.> About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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