Sun rebrands software portfolio

April 15, 2002 —

In an effort to streamline its marketing efforts, Sun Microsystems Inc. has rebranded its product lines iPlanet, Forte, StarOffice and Chili!Soft, bringing them all under the Sun Open Net Environment -- or Sun ONE -- brand.

The Santa Clara, California, company will this week begin a global marketing campaign to heighten the profile of the new brand, Sun said in a statement. Sun did not disclose any financial details of the rebranding campaign.

Products getting the Sun ONE face-lift include:

-- Sun ONE Web Server, formerly the iPlanet Web Server;

-- Sun ONE Portal Server, formerly the iPlanet Portal Server;

-- Sun ONE Application Server, formerly the iPlanet Application Server;

-- Sun ONE Directory Server, formerly the iPlanet Directory Server;

-- Sun ONE Identity Server, formerly the iPlanet Directory Server, Access Management Edition;

-- Sun ONE Messaging Server, formerly the iPlanet Messaging Server;

-- Sun ONE Calendar Server, formerly the iPlanet Calendar Server;

-- Sun ONE Integration Server, formerly iPlanet Integration Server;

-- Sun ONE Studio, formerly Forte Tools For Java;

-- Sun ONE Active Server Pages, formerly Chili!Soft ASP.

Beginning next month, Sun will also make available Version 6.0 of StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite -- A Sun ONE software offering. This includes word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, the company said.

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