Sun continues to grow its leadership position as top traditional workstation vendor.Sun: Only Workstation Vendor to Post Worldwide Revenue and Unit Shipment Increases in the Second Quarter of 2003 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. , Inc. announced that the company grew its share of the worldwide traditional workstation (TWS TWS The Wildlife Society (founded in 1937) TWS The Wilderness Society TWS The Weekly Standard (political magazine) TWS Thermal Weapon Sight TWS Texas World Speedway TWS Tsunami Warning System ) market, showing an increase in revenue and unit shipment market share on a quarter-to-quarter basis, comparing the first quarter of 2003 to the second quarter of 2003, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker. Sun products represented 69% of the units shipped and 49% of the revenue in the traditional (Unix/RISC) workstation space. Sun has led the TWS market for over eight years, and grew last quarter in both unit and shipment terms while all other system providers lost ground. Noteworthy performers include the Sun Blade(TM) 2000, which was the highest revenue generating TWS product worldwide, and the Sun Blade 150, the highest unit seller. Also, despite reports that TWS is shrinking it grew revenue slightly (1.5%) while the personal workstation market (PWS See personal Web server. ) decreased on a quarter-to-quarter basis by 4% in units and 6% in revenues. "While our competitors are forcing customers to make difficult, costly transitions, Sun continues delivering real world solutions that satisfy customer requirements while not breaking their application investments," said Neil Knox, executive vice president for Sun's Volume Systems Group. "Last quarter we had significant wins in the automotive, government, defense contractors and telecommunications industries; we also achieved outstanding results with OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners like Xerox, Philips and Avaya. Sun continues to put resources towards developing new, innovative products designed to help us build on our gains and continue to grow market share." Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision--"The Network is the Computer(TM)"--has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. |
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