Sun and Sybase Extend Alliance to Include Wide Support for Solaris(TM) for the x64 Platform

SANTA CLARA and DUBLIN, Calif. - May 11, 2005 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) and Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today announced that they have extended their alliance to include Sybase® support for the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) on the x64 platform. Through this agreement, Sun and Sybase will collaborate on joint development and performance engineering activities to help customers with their migrations to cost-effective computing platforms. Sybase plans to provide support for the Solaris OS on the x64 platform in its Adaptive Server® Enterprise, Sybase IQ and Adaptive Server Anywhere data management solutions.

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