Sun Microsystems has extended itsSun Startup
Essentials Programmeto the UK. The programme
offersstart-upsbig discounts on Sun
products and services.
The extension of the
start-up programme will also cover Israel, said Sun. As well as
discounted Sun products and services, UK and Israeli firms will
also be offered cut-price web hosting services from new Sun partner
NTT Europe Online.
Launched in November 2006, more than 1,300 companies in the US
and Asia are already benefiting from the start-up programme, said
Sun. It said the UK and Israel were targeted for the extension as
they were two regions that have seen a significant increase in the
number of innovative developers, amount of venture capitalist
funding and the number of start-up companies.
Discounted products under the scheme include Sun Fire x64
servers and Sun Fire servers equipped with the powerful CoolThreads
technology.