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Enron inks deal with Sun to further broadband Net service

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  • #internet infrastructure
  • #broadband
  • #technology partnership
  • Enron partners with Sun Microsystems to accelerate broadband Internet service development.
  • Sun to assist Enron Broadband Services in building broadband infrastructure and operating system.
  • Enron purchases 18,000 Sun Netra servers to expand to over 2,000 points of presence.
  • Sun buys broadband video-streaming services from Enron as part of the deal.
  • Enron's Intelligent Network uses IP-based technology with Enron Broadband Operating System (BOS) for bandwidth-heavy content delivery.
  • BOS is being developed on Sun's Solaris for fast bandwidth provisioning across multiple networks.