SANTA CLARA, CA -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today rolled out its Sun(TM) ONE (Sun Open Net Environment) software platform for services on demand as the company and its partners detailed new products, services, reference architectures and tools. Sun ONE is the vision, architecture, platform and expertise for developing and deploying services on demand. Services on demand describes the ability to provide information, data and applications to anyone, anytime, anywhere, on any device. Sun ONE allows customers to maximize their current assets to generate revenue without incurring the added costs of ``ripping out and replacing'' their current environment. It incorporates Sun's award-winning software product portfolio, all based on open standards, and a dedicated Sun ONE professional services and education practice. Further information is at www.sun.com/insidesunone. ``Serious times demand a serious approach and enterprises are being challenged to make fundamental choices about which architecture to choose for business process advantage,'' said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. ``True to Sun's DNA, Sun ONE provides a future-proofed business model that supports open standards with the ability to integrate, and positions Sun and Sun's partners as 'technology enablers.''' Major elements of today's announcement include: -- Demonstration of the Sun ONE architecture, its product and standards-adoption roadmap; -- The availability of the Sun ONE Starter Kit, a four CD, comprehensive technical resource to develop and deploy services on demand using Sun ONE (www.sun.com/sunone/starterkit); -- iPlanet(TM) Portal Server: Instant Collaboration Pack, the industry's first portal environment with presence -- collaborative, community-based instant messaging and teaming; -- A new set of upgrades and enhancements to the Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment (Solaris OE) featuring an unlimited development and evaluation license for the iPlanet(TM) Application Server; -- Continued support around emerging web services and XML standards, including SOAP, through Java APIs for XML; -- The creation of the Sun ONE Consulting Specialty and Sun ONE Services Suite to help customers architect, implement and manage services on demand based on the Sun ONE platform; -- iForce Reference Architecture to help customers quickly deploy tested Sun ONE implementations to reduce risk, improve business efficiency and speed time to new services using open platforms. ``We've integrated the Sun ONE architecture to offer an open and integratable solution for customers -- providing the ease of integrated products but the choice to use others,'' said Ed Zander, president and chief operating officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. ``No one else offers this approach. The options are clear -- an open, integratable solution as part of a complete end-to-end solution, such as Sun ONE, or face complexity and closed options, which in time will restrict your opportunities for growth and integration.'' The Sun ONE platform leverages the strengths of enterprise legacy systems to launch services today without locking an IT department into a proprietary platform. It features powerful software brands and product portfolios including the Solaris(TM) Operating Environment and Forte(TM) tools to Java(TM) technology as the development platform and the entire stack of iPlanet products -- iPlanet Application Server, iPlanet(TM) Portal Server, iPlanet(TM) Integration Server, iPlanet(TM) Directory Server, and iPlanet(TM) Commerce Applications. Sun ONE expertise includes SunTone(TM) Certification and Branding program, iForce(TM) Initiative and Professional Services solution offerings. Sun introduced the Sun ONE vision for developing and deploying services on demand earlier this year. Today's announcement delivers on the first phase of a multi-phase roadmap detailed by the company to deliver on the entire Sun ONE offering. For further information visit www.sun.com