JavaTM technology power: That is how Sun CEO Scott McNealy summed up his keynote presentation at the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference in Atlanta this past week. Sun impressed industry watchers with a multitude of new partnerships and numerous new developments.

"The Java technology-powered environment is now outshipping the Microsoft world," McNealy told CTIA attendees during his keynote. "Deal with it."

In a CRN article written by Marie Lingblom, McNealy was identified as the newsmaker amongst his keynote speaker colleagues with multiple announcements, including:

• Sun's partnership with Research In Motion (RIM) to extend mobile JavaTM Web Services technology to Blackberry customers, which number over one million [12623].

• Sun JavaTM Desktop System will be operating in conjunction with AT&T Wireless' EDGE data network beginning this fall, which will enable users to leverage a fully mobile laptop client while staying connected to the Internet, accessing their corporate networks or checking their email [12626].

• The expansion of services offerings through Sun's launch of the Network Equipment Provider (NEP) Lifecycle Services Program [12625]. [...read more...]
  
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