The European Commission Awards Sun Microsystems a $141 Million IT Product Provisioning and Services Contract

31.01.08 - 15:45 ... source : Sun Microsystems - USA

... SANTA CLARA, CA January 31, 2008 Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has been awarded the Framework Contract to supply servers conforming to version 3 of the Single UNIX OS Specification (including their options, extensions, and associated services) to the European Union institutions, bodies and agencies participating in the open call for tenders (situated mainly, but not limited to, in Brussels and Luxembourg). The contract has been awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender in terms of price and quality. Technical evaluation criteria encompassed, among others: the quality, functionality and performances of the proposed server hardware and the associated software, including reliability and scalability, compliance with ecological standards and the quality of the proposed Application Migration Services. The multi-year Framework Con ...» Next (HTML)