---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunFed Wins Contract With Defense Intelligence Agency SunFLASH Vol 52 #25 April 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Carol Hartzell, SMCC PR at (415) 336-0598 Will Be Exclusive Supplier of Secure, RISC-based Network Servers and Workstations MILPITAS, Calif. -- April 21, 1993 -- Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. (Sun Federal) has been selected by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under a requirements contract to supply a secure, RISC-based family of workstations and servers. The one-year (with four option years) SASS (System Acquisition and Support Strategy) multi-vendor acquisition contract anticipates purchasing 5,400 RISC-based Sun(TM) workstations, the majority of which will be used in a secure network environment. Sun Federal will provide workstations and network servers to enhance and leverage the investment of existing equipment as well as move the DIA from a mainframe environment to a secure client-server workgroup environment. Sun Federal will supply Sun SPARCstation(TM) IPX(TM) and SPARCstation 2 workstations, along with a version of the Solaris(R) operating environment that is being evaluated by the DIA for CMW (Compartmented Mode Workstation) operation. Options for file servers and SPARCstation 10 workstations are also included. Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the world's leading supplier of client-server computing solutions. Sun Federal, founded in 1984, is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. Send brief articles (e.g. third party announcements) and include contact information (non-800#, fax #, email, etc) to: John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. +1 305 351 4909