Acclaim Named Sun iForce National Systems Provider.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001

Leveraging its position as the West Coast's premier information technology consultancy into markets nationwide, locally based Acclaim Technology today announced it has earned distinction as a Sun Microsystems' iForce National Systems Provider.

The designation recognizes Acclaim among a handful of U.S. companies that have hired and trained a "critical mass" of engineers fully certified by Sun to design and deploy corporate computing infrastructure in markets coast-to-coast.

"Acclaim continues to make the investments necessary to remain one of Sun Microsystems most trusted partners," said Ed Graham, a director of Sun's National System Provider program. "For more than seven years, Acclaim's engineers have worked hand-in-hand with Sun to deploy world-class technology. Now we look forward to extending that expertise, helping even more customers seize the opportunities represented by e-business in the New Economy."

As a National Systems Provider, Acclaim proved it exceeds Sun's competency guidelines for supporting customers on a "face-to-face" basis anywhere in the United States. Businesses are served by a dedicated sales force and technical support desk.

"There was a day when most of the really exciting work was deployed on the West Coast, particularly in Silicon Valley," said Norm Shockley, Jr., Acclaim's chief executive officer. "But now corporations in nearly every corner of the country are undertaking ambitious networking projects. Working with Sun, we're going to help these companies realize their ambitions."

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network is The Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $15.7 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.

Acclaim Technology (www.acclaimtech.com) is a full-service systems integrator that provides information technology consulting services to leading businesses including Microsoft's Hot Mail, Advanced Radio Telecom, Internet Shopping Network, PG&E Energy Services and many others. In addition to its designations as a Sun iForce National Systems Provider and Certified Enterprise Elite Reseller, Acclaim represents the needs of customers working with technologies developed by CISCO Systems, VERITAS, Microsoft and Check Point Systems among others. Acclaim's professional services team is expert at internetworking between LAN and WAN environments, designing enterprise-class computing infrastructures, designing security management systems and designing networks interoperable between UNIX and Windows 2000/NT platforms. The company is headquartered in San Jose and maintains offices in Irvine, CA, Las Vegas, Anchorage, Portland, OR and Kirkland, WA.