The Leaders in Open Platform Web Services To Unveil Lifestyle-Oriented Web Services as Part of Java Tarik ONE

Singapore (19 March 2003) - Ecquaria Limited (www.ecquaria.com), leading enterprise business platform provider, and Sun Microsystems are poised to deliver the convenience and connectivity of Web Services to service providers, consumers and syndicators in the lifestyle and entertainment industry. Both parties aim to announce the new Java Web Services next month that is set to bring convenience and enrich the lives of Singaporeans.

The Java-based Web Services were developed under the ONE Development pillar of the Java Tarik ONE collaborative framework, which was unveiled today by Sun and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. The Web Services were developed by Ecquaria by leveraging the Ecquaria Service-Oriented Platform™ for rapid Web Services development and deployment.

“Ecquaria is excited about showing the business benefits that the Web Services, developed with Ecquaria Service-Oriented Platform™ can bring to service providers and syndicators in the lifestyle and entertainment businesses. Teaming up with Sun, we are demonstrating the capability and flexibility that the Web Services are expected to help companies do electronic businesses with more productivity and cost efficiencies. We are confident that these new Web Services will generate a lot of excitement when they are launched next month,” said Paul Leong, Vice President, Business Development, Ecquaria. “Ecquaria welcomes collaborative partnerships such as this, as it is part of Ecquaria's strategy to contribute our Web Services experience to help stimulate the adoption of Web Services in Singapore.”

According to Wong Heng Chew, Managing Director, Singapore, Sun Microsystems, “We are working with significant partners and customers in the lifestyle and entertainment industry to roll out these innovative applications. Consumers will truly be connected via the technology to a broad range of services and information that resides throughout the network. With Sun and Ecquaria launching the new Java Web Services next month, Sun aims to stimulate and accelerate the adoption of Web Services in Singapore with similar projects in future, which will have an immediate resonance with the public.”

About Ecquaria Limited

Ecquaria Limited, headquartered in Singapore, is a leading enterprise business platform provider. It was founded to address the growing need of enterprises that are seeking to better serve their customers in light of the emerging phenomenon of customer-driven business relationships. With deep domain knowledge and experience in enterprise infrastructures for service-oriented enterprises worldwide, Ecquaria delivers the benefits of Ecquaria Service-Oriented Platform™ to empower customers with a core enterprise business platform to develop and deliver rich and diverse customer-centric services. Ecquaria is established with offices in Australia, China, Mexico and U.S. with an expanding network of global partners to support the activities of customers worldwide. More information is available at http://www.ecquaria.com.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer™" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Network. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com or the Asia South website at http://sun.com.sg.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun ONE, Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.