Sun Microsystems, a provider of customer-centric managed services, today announced that for two weeks starting today, limited quantities of select products will be available at discounts of up to 65% as an anniversary gift to customers in the U.S. and U.K. Sale offerings include UltraSPARC and industry-standard Sun Fire servers, Sun StorageTek systems, services and software.

Sale highlights includes - Systems: 50% off on the Sun Fire x4500, up to 50% off the Sun Fire x4600, up to 60% off Sun Fire CoolThreads systems and up to 50% off high-performance x64/x86 and SPARC workstations. Storage: Up to 65% off leading NAS systems such as the Sun StorageTek 5320 and 5220 NAS Appliances. Services: Sun offers lower-cost training and high-quality services, 40% off a service plan with the SunSpectrum Instant Upgrade program and 25% off most Solaris support subscriptions. Software: Sun's Solaris OS is available free at anytime and is supported on the broadest set of x86 and UltraSPARC platforms, says the company.

"Over the past 25 years, thousands of customers have built their businesses on Sun because of our exemplary value and investment protection," said Marsha Cavanagh, Vice President of Lifecycle Marketing at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "On our 25th anniversary, we're further lowering the barriers to entry by featuring great promotional prices on some of our hottest products, offering them online where many of our customers prefer to purchase. In addition to rewarding our loyal customers, we want to introduce the next generation of companies to the innovation that has made Sun a leader in network computing."