News Release from: Nu Horizons Electronics Corp
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 December 2004
OEM deal expands to include Java software
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp has expanded its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) channel partnership agreement with Sun Microsystems.
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Nu Horizons Electronics Corp has expanded its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) channel partnership agreement with Sun Microsystems. In addition to distributing Sun's extensive array of systems, components and storage solutions to the OEM market place, Nu Horizons now offers Sun's complete software portfolio including the Sun Java System Software products; Sun's Java Desktop System; Solaris (Sun's Unix operating system offering) for X86 platforms; and its entire suite of software application development tools. Nu Horizons' OEM customers and their Sun OEM Technology Providers (Sun's iForce Specialty Reseller partners who resell to OEMs exclusively via Nu Horizons) will have access to the complete Sun software product line.
This includes Sun's Java System software products, such as the Sun Java System Web, Application, Directory, Portal and Messaging Server software for identity management, portal, messaging and other advanced web services; in addition to Java Desktop System (a desktop alternative to Microsoft Windows); and Sun's complete line of software application development tools.
'Getting OEMs to architect their intellectual property solutions based on Sun's technology and software platform is a great advantage to Sun', said Greg Stroud, Vice President of iForce Partner Sales at Sun Microsystems.
'Through our expanded relationship, Nu Horizons and their Sun iForce OEM Technology Providers will now be qualified to sell and deliver the full Sun software portfolio to our joint customers, and help Sun expand its reach into the OEM market'.
'The Nu Horizons Sun Business Unit provides inventory management, logistics and engineering services to customers who embed Sun technology into their end solutions'.
'Through our network of Sun authorised partners, Nu Horizons also offers customers outsourced manufacturing and complex integration services', explains Dan Romanelli, Vice President of the Sun Business Unit at Nu Horizons.
'This expansion of our relationship brings even greater value to our partners and customers'.
'Sun's software products are a key element in enabling our OEMs to get better products to market more quickly and profitably'.
Sun Java System Software products distributed by Nu Horizons include: Directory Server; Access Manager (formerly Identity Server); Portal Server; Messaging Server; Calendar Server; Instant Messaging; Application Server; Web Server; Active Server Pages; Java Desk Top System; and Java Studio.
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