Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Regina Gameos, federal program manager, education services

As a computer technology innovator, Sun Microsystems pioneered one of the first workstation concepts in the early 1980s. This technology included TCP/IP, known today as an Internet protocol suite. Sun also engineered one of the first network-filesharing systems, which helped bring network computing to the desktop PC.

The company, which started in 1982, later incorporated with only four employees. Today, Sun has offices in over 170 countries and has grown into a $15.7 billion, globally oriented, network computing company.

Recently, Sun announced the marketing of a new...

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