Amdahl Renews Systems Integrator Contract with Sun; Seven year partnership extended three to five years.Business/Technology Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001 Amdahl Corporation (company) Amdahl Corporation - A US computer manufacturer. Amdahl is a major supplier of large mainframes, UNIX and Open Systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and today announced that the company has renewed its iForce(SM) Systems Integrator An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. contract with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. (R), Inc. into 2004, with automatic extensions for another two years. Under the terms of the agreement, which extends a relationship first established in 1993, Amdahl will re-market Sun's hardware and software products as important components of Amdahl's infrastructure design, deployment, integration, and maintenance services recently launched under the InfraCare(TM) services brand. Amdahl recently announced SunTone(SM) certification of its InfraCare(TM) service for the delivery of integrator (1) In electronics, a device that combines an input with a variable, such as time, and provides an analog output; for example, a watt-hour meter. (2) See systems integrator. services in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. "For more than seven years, Amdahl and Sun have worked together to create future-proof, enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. systems," said Larry Fillmer, President of Amdahl IT Services. "This alliance has already offered enterprise customers an unparalleled solution for mission critical business applications. We look forward to working with Sun for many years to come." Under the terms and conditions of the original agreement, Amdahl sold more than 3,500 Sun Microsystems' servers to over 300 customers in 14 countries. The new agreement extends the relationship to 18 nations. "Sun's iForce(SM) initiative emphasizes strong and sustained relationships and our alliance with Amdahl is a great example of how the iForce is bringing together best-of-breed partners to provide the strongest solution possible," said Jim Totte, Regional Director for Sun Microsystems. "Everybody wins -- Amdahl, Sun and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially our customers. That's why our relationship has lasted so long, and why both companies anticipate successfully working together in the future." About Amdahl Corporation Amdahl Corporation, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , is a strategic member of the Fujitsu Group, a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. With over 30 years of experience supporting mission-critical IT systems, Amdahl designs, builds, deploys, and supports integrated IT infrastructure solutions for the world's most demanding enterprises. Amdahl provides the people and processes required to align IT with our customers' business and to integrate diverse technologies into a seamless environment that delivers business value. NOTE TO EDITORS: Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet at http://www.amdahl.com/, the Amdahl Corporation home page. The Amdahl site provides current, in-depth information on Amdahl offerings and solutions for enterprise computing. Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corporation. Fujitsu is a registered trademark of Fujitsu Limited. InfraCare is a trademark or registered trademark of the Fujitsu Group in Japan and other countries. Sun, Sun Microsystems, SunTone, the Sun logo and iForce are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. |
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