Sun Joins UDDI Project PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that it is joining the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration ("UDDI") project, which plans to design XML-based open standard specifications and operate a registry that helps integrate business-to-business electronic commerce sites and web services together. The UDDI project intends to develop a platform-neutral set of specifications to enable businesses of all sizes to describe themselves and to indicate their preferred means of doing e-commerce. The project members also plan to share operation of a globally distributed UDDI Business Registry, where businesses can publish how they want to conduct business and search for other businesses that provide the goods and services they need. The registry operators have pledged to share all public information about registrants among themselves and with users of the service and to maintain interoperability among the multiple peer nodes of the UDDI service network. "Sun has always worked to help establish and support open, standards-based technologies that facilitate the growth of network-based applications, and we see UDDI as an important project to establish a registry framework for business-to-business e-commerce," said George Paolini, vice president, Java Community Development, Sun Microsystems. "As one of the primary contributors to the development of XML, Sun supports the planned use of this emerging standard as the data foundation for the registry. We also applaud the UDDI project's stated intent to have the registry support services integrate with a wide set of existing core Internet technologies, such as Java(TM), Jini(TM), CORBA, ebXML, RMI and HTML. Sun is looking forward to participating with all the UDDI member companies to create a truly open technology that helps companies take advantage of the power of the Internet for their business-to-business commerce." Plans call for the UDDI Business Registry and UDDI specifications to work for any company or organization, from the smallest home-based business to FORTUNE 500 companies. The UDDI Universal Business Registry is expected to provide an implementation of the UDDI specifications, so that any company can enter the description of their business into the registry. The project is expected to allow anyone to access a UDDI site from anywhere in the world via the Internet to look up all business services listed in the UDDI registry at no cost. A sophisticated search capability is also planned for the registry, so users can perform customized inquiries, including highly specific advanced searches based on geographic location, business category, service details, and technical product specifications. The members plan to base the project on XML and also describe services implemented using Java, Jini, CORBA, HTML or any other type of programming model or language. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network Is The Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $15.7 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com . NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, Jini, and The Network Is The Computer are all trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and all other countries. SOURCE: Sun Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: David Harrah, 408-517-5479, or [email protected], or Susan Struble, 408-343-1814, or [email protected], both of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Web site: http://www.sun.com (SUNW)-end-