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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
SUN ENHANCES NETWORK SERVICES
INTEGRATION INTO BLADE PLATFORM
Sun Microsystems Inc announced that it has entered into a definitive
agreement
to acquire Nauticus Networks, a privately-held company based in Framingham,
Mass. Nauticus Networks' technologies provide a high-performance
content-switch -- including SSL, security, load-balancing and virtualization,
that will be key components of Sun's volume systems strategy to enable massive
horizontal scalability. As part of Sun's initiative, Nauticus Networks will be
instrumental in the convergence of compute and network services. This
convergence will give customers better integration of their throughput compute
environment and allow them to easily develop new network services.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Sun will acquire Nauticus Networks
in
an all cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to close in the third
quarter of Sun's 2004 fiscal year. This acquisition is subject to customary
closing conditions. Following completion of the acquisition, Nauticus Networks
will become an integral part of Sun's Volume Systems Products organization
under the leadership of Neil Knox, executive vice president of Volume Systems
Products.
"As part of Sun's Volume Systems Products initiatives, Nauticus Networks
will
be instrumental in converging compute and network services in
horizontally-scaled server platforms. This convergence will give customers
better integration of their network computing environment and will allow the
development of new network services," said Knox. "Combining intelligent, next
generation content switching technology with Sun's volume systems strategy
helps customers attack cost and complexity and simplify system
administration."
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a leading
provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at sun.com/.
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