Sun forms alliance with Intel

SAN FRANCISCO

JANUARY 23, 2007

Sun Microsystems and Intel Corporation has announced a strategic
alliance centered on Intel's endorsement of the Solaris Operating System (OS)
and Sun's commitment to deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise and
telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors.

The agreement spans Solaris, Java and NetBeans software and Intel Xeon
microprocessors, as well as other Intel and Sun enterprise-class technologies.
The alliance also includes joint engineering, design and marketing efforts.

Intel embraces Solaris as a mainstream OS and the enterprise class,
mission critical Unix OS for Intel Xeon processor-based servers. Intel also
endorses Sun's Solaris, Java and NetBeans products and will actively support the
OpenSolaris and open Java communities from which they continue to evolve.

Sun plans to deliver a comprehensive family of Intel-based systems with
uni-, dual- and multi-processor based servers and workstations supporting
Solaris, Windows and Linux. Intel and Sun will also collaborate around greater
than four processor scale-up systems optimized for the Solaris OS.

“We are thrilled to be working with Sun to make Solaris on Intel Xeon
processors a solution for our enterprise customers worldwide,” said Paul
Otellini, president and CEO, Intel. “Bringing together the best technologies
from both Sun and Intel will result in innovative products for years to come.”

As part of this alliance, Intel has also signed a Solaris OEM agreement
enabling Intel to distribute and support the Solaris OS to its customers as
market opportunities may arise and consistent with Intel's product strategies.
Intel and Sun will encourage independent software vendors (ISVs) and system
providers to expand their offerings for Solaris on Intel-based systems, and
Intel will support Sun in its efforts to optimize applications for Solaris on
Intel Xeon processor based systems.

Both companies expect this alliance to expand the reach of Intel Xeon
processor and Solaris OS based solutions. The two companies will also work
together on the rapid adoption of key enterprise-class Intel and Sun
technologies for Sun's systems based on Intel Xeon processors including Intel
Virtualization Technology, Intel IO Acceleration Technology (IOAT) and Intel
Demand Based Switching.