Worldcom and Sun Team to Deliver Managed Hosting Solutions

📅 October 2, 2001 - WorldCom (worldcom.com), the data and communications provider, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (sun.com), has announced an agreementto jointly market and promote global hosting product and service offeringsfor enterprise customers. Sun will also become WorldCom's provider of UNIXsystem-based hardware and software for its global network of data centers.

Under the joint marketing and sales agreement, WorldCom and Sun will team onsales opportunities, leveraging the combined capabilities, products andservices of both companies. "This agreement enables WorldCom and Suncustomers to rely on the combined strengths of two Internet pioneers thatwill deliver the advanced networking and hosting technologies they need withsolid confidence and maximum value," said Ron McMurtrie, vice president ofWorldCom global e-services.
WorldCom offers its customers access to the secure, high-performance Sunplatform in its managed hosting data centers in the United States, theUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. The company will support Sunservers and storage running on the robust SolarisT Operating Environment, aswell as iPlanetT Web Server software from iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, aSun-Netscape Alliance. Sun is also providing consulting, service andsupport to help meet the availability standards WorldCom customers expect.
Additionally, the agreement allows WorldCom to serve as a reseller of Sunhardware and software to its Internet co- location customers.
In related news, WorldCom's portfolio of managed hosting services has earnedthe SunToneSM Certified quality "seal of approval" from the SunToneCertification and Branding Program.
Led by Sun, the SunTone program is a collaborative industry initiativeproviding customers of Web-enabled services and applications with means toidentify providers meeting the high industry standards for excellence ininfrastructure, reliability, performance, scalability, security andavailability. SunTone certification notifies customers that WorldCom is asource for high-quality managed hosting services.
Despite these developments, however, WorldCom yesterday said that its data,Internet and international unit planned to cut about 1,000 jobs, or about 10percent of its European workforce.
"It stems from reduced capital expenditures anticipated from the completionof our international networks as well as the streamlining of duplicativestaff functions in multiple countries," a WorldCom spokesman told Reuters.

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