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GM Selects Sun Microsystems

11 March 1999

GM Selects Sun Microsystems as the Platform of Choice to Power Its Mission-Critical Applications for Its Online BuyPower Program

         GM Turns to Sun for Best-in-Class Performance and Unmatched
                         Reliability and Scalability

    PALO ALTO, Calif., March 11 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
today announced that the world's largest automobile
manufacturer -- General Motors Corporation -- has selected Sun as
its primary server platform to handle its mission-critical tasks related to
its national online car-buying service, BuyPower.  Running exclusively on Sun
Enterprise(TM) servers, the system delivers high-performance and reliability
for GM's large-scale requirements today and tomorrow.  BuyPower goes national
today with more than 5,600 dealers.  It marks GM's most comprehensive Web site
ever deployed.
    Leveraging Sun's high-performance server and software platforms, the
system runs on the Sun Enterprise 4000 server, Sun Enterprise 450, the Sun
Enterprise 3500 server, and the Solaris Operating Environment(TM) software.
The system also uses the Sun Enterprise Cluster 2.1 software to manage
database transactions and the Sun StorEdge(TM) A5000 storage system.
    "There is growing need in the marketplace for online services," said Mark
Bugeaud, Manager of Web Infrastructure Deployment, General Motors Corporation.
"GM wanted to lead the way in making two things easier:  finding the car you
want, and buying it.  By leveraging Sun's best-of-class server and software
platforms, we are able to launch our most comprehensive Web site ever."
    GM BuyPower is the no-hassle, no-haggle way to shop for and ultimately
purchase a new GM car.  It also lets them finance their auto purchases in
minutes.  GM BuyPower is committed to becoming the one-stop information source
for shopping and buying a new GM vehicle.  Providing enterprise-class
reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features, the Sun
Enterprise server solution offers GM the high-performance features necessary
to run such a complex online program.  The system provides full redundancy of
critical components, with data service recovery requiring maximum uptime
during peak user hours.
    "We are pleased to be able to support GM's online services and its
commitment to leading the industry in a new way of doing business," said Anil
Gadre, Vice President of Marketing, Computer Systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"The Sun Enterprise Server solution offers high-performance features to run a
national online service at peak performance during the evening, the busiest
online shopping time."

    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 high quality hardware, software and services for
establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the
Internet.  With more than $10.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found
in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.

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