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| January 28, 2008 01:45 PM EST |
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Sun Microsystems announced that it has expanded the Sun
Startup Essentials(SM) program into Canada,
France and Germany to help
early-stage companies in these countries get up-and-running quickly while conserving
cash. As part of Sun's ongoing commitment to fostering the global startup
community, the company continues to support programs and events around the
world, such as hosting the Sun-sponsored Startup Camp(SM) in London this spring.
Canada, France and Germany represent large and growing
developer populations with major Internet-based economies, as well as areas
that support a robust and increasing number of startup activities. They join an
expanding list of startups from China,
India, Israel, U.K.
and U.S.
that currently leverage the resources within the Sun Startup Essentials
program. As part of the program's expansion, Sun also hosted startup events in Munich, Paris and Vancouver, B.C., to
provide an overview of the program and encourage networking within their
communities.
In today's market, early stage companies are challenged to
bring highly available and scalable applications to market quickly and
cost-effectively. These startup companies are constantly looking for ways to
become more efficient with limited resources while at the same time planning
for long-term success. Since its inception in 2006, over 1,500 early-stage
companies have applied to the Sun Startup Essentials program. Approved startups
are eligible to receive program member benefits that improve their time to
market, maximize IT efficiencies and cut costs. The program offers startups
deep discounts on a range of Sun's industry-leading technologies and services
and the ability to subscribe to Web hosting services from Sun partners at
discounted rates. With the industry-leading Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS),
a range of innovative technologies and flexible, cost-effective systems, Sun is
one of the premier choices for startups to grow their businesses.
"With our commitment to building communities, Sun is
able to share valuable expertise and offer global startups free software,
architectural support, and significantly discounted hardware through the Sun
Startup Essentials program," said Juan Carlos Soto, VP of Global Market Development
at Sun Microsystems. "By further expanding the program, we're reaching
leading markets that adopt and adapt new technology rapidly and enabling
startups to get to market more quickly and economically."
Startup Camp Goes Global
Sun is committed to facilitating and building startup
communities where entrepreneurial opportunities are burgeoning. In order to
encourage entrepreneurs to make connections with and learn from other startups,
venture capitalists, and other vendors providing services and products, Sun
will host the Startup Camp event in London
on March 7-8, 2008. Building on the success of three previous Startup Camps
held in San Francisco and New York, the event will continue to be a
face-to-face, collaborative “unconference” with the agenda determined on-site
during the event. The first day of Startup Camp features Startup University;
a session that provides an opportunity for attendees to learn about various
topics in an educational format from knowledgeable companies and speakers.
Startup Camp will also feature Speed Geeking, a "Best Startup
Contest," which provides startups a chance to hone their business pitch
through a series of five minute sessions, speed-dating style. More information
is available at http://startupcamp.org/
About Sun Startup Essentials
The Sun Startup Essentials program helps eligible startup
companies jumpstart and accelerate the development cycle by allowing them to
purchase discounted Sun products and services, including the award-winning Sun
Fire(TM) x64 servers and Sun Fire servers with CoolThreads(TM) technology.
Program members can also work with Sun worldwide hosting partners such as
Layered Technologies, NaviSite, and NTT Europe Online to rent discounted Web
hosting infrastructure based on Sun technologies. In addition to offering
products and services to eligible startup companies, Sun is also offering free
technical advice via email and access to free software, such as Apache, MySQL(TM)
and Perl optimized for Solaris (SAMP), Ruby on Rails and the Sun Java(TM)
Enterprise System stack, all optimized to run on the open source Solaris OS.
To join the program or see the complete listing of countries
in which the program is available, go to www.sun.com/startup.
