In the past week a leading analyst provided the industry with the truth about the market leading vendors in the tape automation industry. The results may surprise you but here are the facts:

1. Sun is the market leader in total factory out automation and extended its lead in the first quarter of 2009.
2. The SL500 has climbed from a second place market share position in 2007 to the market share leader as of the first quarter 2009 in the 100-500 tape automation sub-category.
3. The >1000 slot automation sub-category is led by Sun and continues to grow. This is mostly a result of the industry leading SL8500.
4. Sun's Enterprise tape drives (the T9840D and T10000B) have also gained share since 2007 and were the market leader in enterprise drive shipments as of first quarter of 2009.

Sun has gained share across the spectrum of tape automation and enterprise tape drives since 2007 and the first quarter results of 2009 prove these facts.

These facts prove once again the Sun is committed to and is investing in the Enterprise Tape Automation and Drive business to be the market leader in the tape industry.