INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), Inc. and Campus Pipeline, Inc., a leader in Web-integration enterprise software and services for higher education, today announce an alliance that demonstrates the most comprehensive rollout of the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) strategy in higher education. Sun ONE promotes standards-based software architecture, vision, products and expertise to provide data and applications to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Sun and Campus Pipeline have aligned product development roadmaps and are developing technologies and applications that will enable schools and universities to unite multiple disparate technologies and deliver services on demand for their campuses. Based upon this mutual vision to solve technology challenges in higher education using open standards, Sun and Campus Pipeline plan to: -- Jointly provide the technologies and services to unify disparate campus environments through the Campus Pipeline Web Platform and the Campus Pipeline Luminis product family; -- Bring the Sun ONE architecture to higher education as the framework for unifying the digital campus; -- Apply the iPlanet suite of products in higher education as the communication technology for Campus Pipeline's Web integration products; and -- Work together to support selected open-source efforts in higher education, including the Java in Administration Special Interest Group (JA-SIG) and Internet2. "Dedication to open standards has allowed our one-stop service vision to evolve into a no-stop, service-on-demand digital campus for Pepperdine constituents," notes John Lawson, chief information officer of Pepperdine University. "Higher education benefits when industry leaders, such as Sun and Campus Pipeline, recognize our complex integration needs and give us flexibility in choosing the technologies that work best for our unique environments." Sun ONE incorporates Sun's award-winning software product portfolio, all based on open standards, making it possible to maximize existing technology assets and eliminate the traditional practice of "ripping out and replacing" existing environments. Campus Pipeline's integration technology comparably extends the life and functionality of legacy systems on campus, connecting academics, administration, and community life into a central network of people, information, and services. Kim Jones, vice president of Global Education and Research for Sun Microsystems, explained, "The roll out of Sun ONE in higher education supports our vision of providing a scalable and robust foundation for traditional software applications while laying the groundwork for future service methods such as Web services in education. Campus Pipeline and Sun are already providing the benefits of open standards-based digital campuses to 100 institutions of higher education. Over the next several years, we look forward to deepening our relationship with Campus Pipeline and bringing those benefits to hundreds of additional schools." "The significance of this announcement for higher education is unprecedented," said Tom Lewis, chairman and CEO, Campus Pipeline. "Campus Pipeline recognized early on that schools required open technologies that would assist them in harnessing the disparate systems and applications that reside on their campuses. Those technologies opened the door for this alliance with Sun and have propelled our development efforts." For more information visit www.sun.com