In Brief: STGroup and Novell; Compensa Zycie; Polmos Zyrardow; Sun

STGroup signed a deal with Novell to become a systems and services distributor in the Novell System Partners Program (NSPP) introduced at the beginning of the year. The program is aimed at small and medium-sized companies installing or selling servers under their brand name. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 4) ... Compensa Zycie insurance company whose majority shareholder is Hamburg Mannheimer Versicherungs AG, posted zl. 4.3 million in losses in the first half of 2000. The company called the loss, which tripled compared to last year, planned investment costs. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 11) ... The Treasury Ministry called a tender on Tuesday for the privatization of a small vodka plant, Polmos Zyrardow, asking potential investors to pledge investment and capital increases. (Reuters) ... Sun Microsystems said the company increased its sales by 40% in the fiscal year ending in June. CEO Andrzej Jaskulski is pleased with the high capacity servers sector, such as the Sun Enterprise 10000 (Starfire). (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 4) P.S.