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REDWOOD CITY and PALO ALTO, Calif., -- June 14, 1999 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) and NetObjects, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETO) today announced a joint agreement to bring the next generation of NetObjects Authoring Server™ Suite, a leading intranet building solution for enterprises, to the Solaris™ operating environment. The new version, which will include the NetObjects TeamFusion™ Client for the Solaris operating environment, will give enterprise customers a high performance, scalable and reliable environment to quickly create compelling intranet portals and corporate e-Business sites.
As enterprises begin to create and leverage intranet information portals to facilitate relationships among employees, business partners, suppliers, and channels, a new market for robust and scaleable intranet building solutions is emerging. Already adopted by leading enterprises including The Boeing Company and NationsBank Corporation, the NetObjects Authoring Server Suite is part of NetObjects' strategy to provide end-to-end intranet relationship management solutions to enterprises worldwide.
"This announcement today shows Sun's continued commitment to work with leading vendors to provide rich products for creating leading-edge enterprise portals and corporate intranets," said Doug Kaewert, vice president of market development at Sun.
NetObjects Authoring Server Suite provides the performance needed to support concurrent, collaborating users across an enterprise-wide deployment with several underlying technologies such as a content contributor -- based on Java™ technology, an integrated asset manager and a remote systems administrator. NetObjects Authoring Server Suite helps enterprise customers collaboratively build and manage intranets and extranets that integrate business processes and deploy robust applications.
"We look forward to bringing the power of NetObjects Authoring Server Suite to global enterprise customers who have adopted Sun's Solaris operating environment as their computing platform of choice," said Morris Taradalsky, executive vice president of the enterprise division at NetObjects. "NetObjects Authoring Server Suite for the Solaris operating environment will offer enterprise customers a powerful solution to create and maintain intranet portals that help increase business efficiency and reduce costs."
Solaris Operating Environment
The Solaris 7 product line provides full binary compatibility with previous releases of Solaris software, Windows NT interoperability, ease-of-administration and mainframe-class capabilities. It gives customers an opportunity to deploy a single operating environment, where in the past they typically had to use MVS at the high-end, UNIX® in the mid-range and Microsoft Windows systems at the low-end.
Availability
Enterprise users can learn more about the Sun and NetObjects relationship on the NetObjects Web site at www.netobjects.com and Sun’s Web site at www.sun.com or by visiting the NetObjects booth at JavaOne (Booth #908). The product will be available in the first half of 2000.
About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETO), majority owned by IBM (NYSE:IBM), is a leading provider of e-Business software and services that enable small businesses as well as large-scale enterprises to build, deploy and maintain Web sites on the Internet and corporate intranets.
The NetObjects product family includes NetObjects Fusion™ and NetObjects Authoring Server Suite. In addition, NetObjects offers its customers on-line solutions, including content, products and services to help them register, host, build, maintain and promote their Web sites.
NetObjects has been ranked by Softletter 100, NewMedia 500 and as one of Fortune’s 25 Very Cool Companies. Its products have won over 50 awards including InfoWorld's Analyst Choice award, CNET's Internet Excellence award, PC Magazine's Editors Choice award and InternetWorld’s Industry Award. More information about NetObjects and its products can be found at www.netobjects.com.
About Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, “The Network Is The Computer”™, has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $11 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.
Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, Java and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other marks or logos mentioned are the claimed trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA Mosaic.
For press inquiries, please contact:
Erica Smith
NetObjects, Inc.
650-482-3608
erica@netobjects.com
Lisa Ganier
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
650-786-8088
lisa.ganier@sun.com
© 1999 NetObjects, Inc. All rights reserved. NetObjects is a registered trademark, and NetObjects Fusion and NetObjects Authoring Server are trademarks of NetObjects, Inc. All other brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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