why choose sun microsystems to scale your startup company

Sun Startup Essentials Stewart TownsendManager Startups - Emerging Markets EMEASun Microsystems http://uk.sun.com/startups

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Evolution – Where are you going ?

Startups

3068902

CorporateSMB

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Sun – The Original FOSS Startup• Returning to our roots: Geeks used a Free OS and commodity

hardware to disrupt the computer industry – in 1982> Now: Open Source – Largest contributor.> Now: Open Platform – Open Sparc> Still a Start Up....

Drive volume Disrupt locked

market-places

Sun Confidential: For Review

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Java

Infrastructure EcosystemCommunity

SolarisBuildingOpenandFree Communities

Sun's Total Commitment to Open Source: Already the LargestCommercial Contributor to Open Source Communities

SPARC

java.netThe Source for JavaTechnology Collaboration

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Sun understands the challenges.Ready for wildReady for wild

success?success?Cash in shortCash in short

supply?supply?Racing to getRacing to get

to market?to market?

Want to be disruptive in the market ?

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Get Readyto start

Get Webhosting

services frompartners

Get great Sunhardware atcommoditybox prices

Get free helpdevelopingon Solaris

Get to runSolaris™Linux, &Windows

Get free helpwith

technicalquestions

Get a platform for the future!

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Solaris and OpenSolaris™

Solaris + AMP (SAMP)

Developer tools (NetBeans™, Sun Studio)

MySQL

Solaris and OpenSolaris™ Solaris + AMP (SAMP) Developer tools (NetBeans™, Sun Studio) MySQL

Solaris — Free. Open. Everywhere.

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Looking to Host Your Services?Let someone else do

the heavy lifting

• £25 PM Hosting – Quick and fast

• Highly Scaleable platforms with managed serviced.

• Supported costs by Sun

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Free Technical Help!

• Free e-mail engineering support

• Architecture and systems consultation

• Free training & courses

Accelerate time to Market, Scale from day one

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Are You Wondering...Am I too small? Can I choose

my OS? What do I order?

No company is toosmall for Sun

Sun runs popular OS's

We'll help youchoose

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Are You Eligible?

Join Now!Join Now!It's Free!It's Free!

Less than 4 years? Maximum 150 employees? Based in participating

country? Business presence?

sun.com/startupsun.com/startup

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Whats the catch ?

None Work with one of the largest

IT vendors globally Receive the most aggressive

discounts to build a scaleable platform from day 1

Brand Association and co build awareness.

Channel push out.

Sun Startup Essentials Stewart TownsendManager Startups-Emerging Markets EMEASun Microsystemshttp://uk.sun.com/startups