Sun Licenses Industry-Leading HotSync Data Synchronization Technology From 3Com

Business Wire, Feb 1, 1999

SANTA CLARA and PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 1999--In a move that will enable a greater link between technical, enterprise and mobile computing, 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW) today announced that Sun has licensed the industry leading HotSync(R) data synchronization technology developed by Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company. Sun will port the HotSync technology to the Java(TM) Platform and create Java technology-based conduits that will provide data synchronization between Palm Computing(R) platform handheld devices and applications running on Sun(TM) platform-based workstations.

As a result of the arrangement, Sun customers will be able to synchronize popular desktop applications such as Desktop Mail and Calendar Manager with their Palm Computing platform devices including the 3Com Palm III(TM) and PalmPilot(TM) Professional Edition connected organizers, helping them to be more effective and organized whether at their desks, at home or on the road. Sun will initially develop conduits to synchronize Sun platform-based workstations with the core applications resident on the Palm Computing family of products -- Address Book, Date Book, Memo Pad and Palm(TM) Mail.

The agreement with 3Com will simpons in the office and PCs at home. Those users can now employ one of many Palm Computing platform products tsuch as the address manager, regardless of locat, vice president of strategic alliances and plabring 3Com closer to our goal of providing universal data compatibility between all types of computing productomers worldwide," said Ken Okin, vice presidenile extension to their critical desktop applications, making them more productive."

About the Palm Cod-party developers and original equipment manufabilities to support hardware add-ons. Today, more than 12,000 developers are creating software and hardware add-on solutions for the Palm Computing platform, while thousands of software applications, developer tools and services are already available.

About 3Com

With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com - More connected(TM). For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the Palm Computing site at www.palm.com.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $10 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.

Note to Editors: 3Com, HotSync and Palm Computing are registered trademarks, and Palm, Palm III, Palm OS and PalmPilot are trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. No products mentioned herein are manufactured by Pilot Corporation or Pilot Corporation of America, manufacturers and distributors of writing instruments.

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