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Sun Microsystems' Eco Responsibility Executive Keynotes at Climate Protection Summit in San Francisco

Posted on: Saturday, 11 November 2006, 18:00 CST

SAN FRANCISCO, CLIMATE PROTECTION SUMMIT, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- During a keynote at the Climate Protection Summit, Sun Microsystems , a global technology leader and creator of the Solaris(SM) Operating System, today emphasized its commitment to sustainable computing through innovation and sharing. Sun's Vice President of Eco Responsibility, David Douglas, emphasized the company's commitment to reducing the impact of technology on the environment and its focus on all facets of eco responsible computing. Raising the bar for Bay Area and global businesses alike, Sun shared its eco responsibility initiatives and challenged business leaders to take action within their communities against global warming.

The Climate Protection Summit, hosted by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, is sure to be a turning point for Bay Area climate protection efforts, launching a new level of regional response to critical environmental issues. The San Francisco Bay Area has shown a capacity for worldwide leadership through its social, environmental and technological accomplishments. Today's invitation-only event brought together Bay Area leaders to help chart a course for the future of climate protection throughout the region, California and the world. Speaking to over 400 Bay Area business, government, environmental and community leaders, spotlight speaker, David Douglas encouraged other companies to also make positive changes, while demonstrating Sun's eco leadership across its products, operations and overall solutions that ultimately decrease damage to and improve the interactions with the environment.

"There's a hidden price we're all paying for the global Internet buildout -- the impact millions of computers are having on the environment. As a simple example, the electricity consumed by the world's datacenters produces nearly 200 million tons of CO2 per year, more than the total CO2 output of all automobiles in China," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and President, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Sun is on a mission to change this, applying $2 billion in annual R&D to systems innovations that lower power consumption, increase datacenter efficiency, and drive capital and human productivity. Why? Because it's good for our shareholders, good for our customers, and good for the environment."

Sun has been innovating to reduce the energy demands of computing and the environmental impact of networking for many years: from server to thin-client desktop and grid computing, to commute-free remote access work environments for employees. Building on the transparency and open source heritage of Sun, the company will continue to excel as an eco responsible leader. By sharing company results on both successes and setbacks, Sun delivers value in to customers' bottom line and the environment. Sun produces some of the fastest and most energy efficient computers in the world, running on less energy than a household light bulb. Additionally, through its global product take back program, Sun recycles or remanufactures over 95% of its returned product.

For more information about Climate Protection in the Bay Area, please visit http://www.baaqmd.gov/pln/climatechange.htm .

For more information regarding Sun's Eco-Responsibility initiative, products and services, please visit http://www.sun.com/eco .

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com/ .

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo. Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: Kim Evans Sun Microsystems kim.evans@sun.com 415-762-2270 Diane Hepps Bite Communications for Sun Microsystems diane.hepps@bitepr.com 212-857-9385

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

CONTACT: Kim Evans of Sun Microsystems, +1-415-762-2270, orkim.evans@sun.com, or Diane Hepps of Bite Communications, +1-212-857-9385, ordiane.hepps@bitepr.com for Sun Microsystems

Web site: http://sun.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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