February 3, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sun Microsystems (sun.com) and EDS (eds.com) announced on Wednesday that they are in the midst of negotiating a new eight-year managed services contract that will see EDS migrate Sun’s data centers to the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform, its global delivery system. The two companies also announced that they have entered an agreement to jointly deliver IT and utility computing services based on Sun’s Solaris 10 operating system to large enterprise customers.
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“Customers are telling me every day that they are experiencing tangible, bottom-line business benefits from the strong partnership between Sun and EDS,” says Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems. “The combination of EDS’ services, plus Sun’s solutions is powerful. We share the same vision for the future – to deliver highly reliable IT solutions to customers more efficiently.”
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EDS’ Agile Enterprise Platform, based on Solaris 10 OS, provides flexible IT systems that enable enterprises to manage change through agile processes, applications and technology architectures. EDS has provided Sun with data center services since 2000. The partnership dates back to 1997.
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“An extension of the data center contract with Sun further validates the strong partnership between EDS and Sun,” says Michael Jordan, chairman and chief executive officer for EDS. “The combination of Sun’s world-class technology with EDS’ world-class IT services not only benefits our two companies, but also extends this value to our mutual clients. We look forward to elevating that relationship individually and as we work collaboratively with other EDS Agility Alliance partners.”
