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GLOBAL SYSTEM SERVICES CORPORATION ATTAINS PRINCIPAL PARTNER STATUS IN THE SUN PARTNER ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, November 7, 2006 – Global System Services Corporation (“GSS”), a leading e-mail and messaging software and services firm, today announced that it has achieved Principal Partner status in Sun Microsystems' Partner Advantage Program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).  GSS has met Sun's stringent criteria for excellence as a supplier of migration tools software and related services to move enterprises and service providers to the Sun Java™ Enterprise System Communications Suite (Sun Comms Suite) and the Sun™ Compliance and Content Management Solution archiving and compliance suite.

 

By achieving Principal Partner status, GSS has joined Sun's growing community of ISVs developing applications for or porting applications to the Sun Solaris and Java Enterprise System platforms.  Customers will benefit from a broader range of pre-tested, optimized solutions; investment protection and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) through collaborative engineering between Sun, GSS and other Sun partners.

 

GSS, which makes migration tools for e-mail and messaging, directory services, group calendaring and collaborative applications, is currently developing the next generation of its award-winning GSS Migration Wizard product suite to move customers from legacy e-mail and messaging platforms to the Java Communications Suite.  GSS Migration Wizard has been used for nearly a decade by many of the largest companies in the world.

 

“Sun is the key technology leader in our area.  The Java Communications Suite and the Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution are strategic technology platforms for our customers,” said Ron Herardian, Managing Partner at Global System Services Corporation. “Sun's collaborative business model helps us create superior value for our customers. As a Principal Partner in the Sun Partner Advantage Program, GSS can leverage Sun's vast resources to benefit our customers.”  In addition to having achieved Principal Partner status, GSS is a member of the Sun Software Partner Council.

 

“Sun's Java Communications Suite and the Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution provide both a secure, scalable enterprise-grade messaging infrastructure and a complete solution to address archiving, regulatory compliance, and electronic discovery,” said Marci Weatherford, Global Compliance Practice Manager, for Sun Microsystems.  “Sun values its collaboration with GSS because the company provides technical expertise across a wide variety of systems, applications and legacy environments to build out the infrastructure our customers need to deal with the business problems of tomorrow.”

 

About the Sun Partner Advantage Program

Introduced in September, 2005, the Sun Partner Advantage Program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), is designed to make it easier for ISVs to get the resources they need to go to market faster on the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), link with Sun's Marketing, extend their sales reach, harness the expertise and connections of Sun's partner ecosystem, and help grow their business. The Program helps create an increased level of collaboration among Sun and its ecosystem of technology partners. By participating in the Sun Partner Advantage Program, ISVs receive simplified, programmatic, Web-based access to the resources they need to help them succeed in each stage of the application life cycle: design, development, deployment, and operation. For complete details about the individual offerings that are available, go to www.sun.com/partners/isv.

 

About GSS

Global System Services Corporation (GSS) is a leading software and services firm for e-mail and messaging, directory services and groupware to customers worldwide.  In addition to its software products, GSS provides services ranging from technology planning and solution architecture to implementation.  GSS is a Premier ISV Partner in the Sun Partner Advantage Program.  GSS is based in Mountain View, California. Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.gssnet.com, by sending e-mail to info@gssnet.com, or by calling +1 (650) 965-8669.

 

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