Blacksburg, VA - VTLS, a leading provider of library solutions, today announced that it will resell Sun systems direct to customers who use VTLS' solutions, software and services for libraries. As a Sun iForce Application Provider, VTLS will work closely with Sun to help ensure that VTLS solutions are optimally supported on the Sun platform.

"Sun is a tremendous partner to have" said Carl Grant, President of VTLS, "Their roots in education continue to show in their dedication to providing superior solutions to the library and education marketplace."

VTLS has a very diversified portfolio of advanced products that are all Unicode (UTF-8) compliant.

Virtua, VTLS' flagship ILS product, which features such visionary technology as FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records), Update Notifications through SDI, User Reviews & Ratings (a peer review feature) and a Smart Device (PDA) interface to the PAC.

Fastrac, a real-time, up-to-the-minute RFID solution that features multi-item self-check circulation, rapid inventories, and wireless weeding.

Vital, VTLS' open source digital library solution, which is compatible with a wide variety of metadata sources and provides library patrons with round-the-clock access to digitized material.

Vortex, a powerful new tool for resource sharing that complies with OAI and allows a library's records to be harvested.

"Libraries around the world are in process of re-inventing themselves and providing their services to their constituent communities both on campus and around the world," said Art Pasquinelli, Director of Education Solutions, Global Education and Research, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "As a valued iForce partner, VTLS shares Sun's vision of technology as a key enabler of the next generation digital campus."

Sun's iForce Initiative is the collaboration of Sun and its partners working together to address customer business issues. Through the creation, development and delivery of proven solutions that can be implemented in less time and with less risk, Sun and its partners enable customers to more quickly realize a return on IT investment.