Sun Microsystems Opens Solution Center in Singapore

Sun Microsystems opens solution center in Singapore

SINGAPORE, March 14 (Xinhua) — Sun Microsystems, a world leading computer network designer, opened an iForce Solution Center in Singapore on Monday, according to Channel NewsAsia report.

The fourth of its kind in the world, the center costs 8 million Singapore dollars (about 5 million US dollars) and will serve Sun’ s customers in South Asian countries.

The American company and its partners will help customers build and test prototypes for network computing solutions, with faster turnaround and lower costs, in the all-in-one center, the report said.

Singapore believes that by cooperating with local and regional information technology (IT) companies, the center will boost the island state’s efforts to build itself the IT hub in Asia.

Sun has been leading the Unix server market in Singapore for five consecutive years with a market share of 71 percent in 2004.

The company’s three other solution centers are located in Tokyo, Paris and California.