Sun has dropped prices by as much as 35 percent on its popular Ultra 60 and Ultra 2 workstations. Customers can now take advantage of Sun's highest-performance, reliable, scalable workstations for as little as $9,995.

Sun also lowered prices by as much as 35 percent on its successful Sun Enterprise 2, Sun Enterprise 250 and Sun Enterprise 450 servers. Sun's price cuts further strengthen the company's leadership position, as well as opens the door for those customers who had previously been limited to Windows NT or lower-performance UNIX systems.

Sun reduced prices without compromising performance in the Ultra 60 and Ultra 2 workstations and in the Sun Enterprise servers. As the UNIX market leader, the large volumes and the commonality of components across the product lines, results in an economies of scale savings which Sun is able to pass on to its customers. All of the systems take advantage of the robust Solaris Operating Environment software and Sun's UltraSPARC processor technology. As always, Sun's products are 100 percent binary compatible, eliminating the hassles of recompiling code traditionally associated with upgrading hardware or software.

Delivering More Computing Power for Less

Sun has upgraded the base-level graphics and doubled the hard drive capacity on its entry Ultra 2 configuration. These enhancements come at a 30 percent lower base price. This popular system now offers the latest generation of Sun's Creator3D graphics technology in its base configuration.

Lower Prices on Workgroup Servers

Sun's aggressive price cuts across its industry-leading workgroup server line once again prove the company's commitment to delivering robust, yet affordable solutions for small businesses and workgroups. Multiprocessor-capable servers, now available for just $7,995, help Sun maintain its competitive advantage with proven enterprise-class technologies. The servers deliver superior scalability and availability over competitive systems based on PC technologies for business critical applications such as database, Internet/intranet, ERP and collaborative computing.

Priced competitively for the workgroup space, the rack-ready Sun Enterprise 250 server was reduced by 20 percent to just $7,995. The Sun Enterprise 2 server prices were cut by up to 35 percent, dropping the system to $16,975. Sun also dropped prices on its Sun Enterprise 450 server by as much as 13 percent. [...read more...]

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