Sun Global Communities Media Kit

Active TabPress Resources

Yemen al-Yaman (Yemen)
Saudi Arabia al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya (Saudi Arabia)
Jordan al-Urdunn (Jordan)
Australia Australia (Australia)
Argentina Argentina (Argentina)
Bulgaria Balgaria (Bulgaria)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna i Hercegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Brazil Brazil (Brasil)
Canada Canada (Canada)
Chile Chile (Chile)
China 中国 (China)
Colombia Colombia (Colombia)
Denmark Danmark (Denmark)
Kuwait dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪ (Kuwait)
United Arab Emirates Dawlat Al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah (United Arab Emirates)
Germany Deutschland (Germany)
Estonia Eesti (Estonia)
Ireland Eire (Ireland)
Spain España (Spain)
Greece Ελλάδα (Greece)
France France (France)
Qatar giṭar (Qatar)
Luxembourg Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourg)
Armenia Hayastani Hanrapetut῾yun (Armenia)
India India (India)
Israel ישראל (Israel)
Italy Italia (Italy)
Japan 日本 (Japan)
Hungary Magyar Köztársaság (Hungary)
Bahrain Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn (Bahrain)
Mexico México (Mexico)
 Middle East (Middle East)
Egypt Miṣr (Egypt)
New Zealand New Zealand (New Zealand)
Netherlands Nederland (Netherlands)
Norway Norge (Norway)
Latvia Latvija (Latvia)
Lithuania Lietuvos Respublika (Lithuania)
Lebanon Lubnān (Lebanon)
Austria Österreich (Austria)
Pakistan Pakistan (Pakistan)
Poland Polska (Poland)
Kazakhstan Qazaqstan (Kazakhstan)
Malta Repubblika ta' Malta (Malta)
Albania Republika e Shqipërisë (Albania)
Croatia Republika Hrvatska (Croatia)
Portugal República Portuguesa (Portugal)
Slovenia Republika Slovenija (Slovenia)
Romania România (Romania)
Serbia and Montenegro Државна заједница (Serbia and Montenegro)
South Africa South Africa (South Africa)
Switzerland Schwyz (Switzerland)
Finland Suomi (Finland)
Sweden Sverige (Sweden)
Taiwan 台灣 (Taiwan)
Turkey Türkiye (Turkey)
Oman ʾUmān (Oman)
United Kingdom United Kingdom (United Kingdom)

The Global Communities organization serves as a trusted advisor to and bridge between the governments, educators and the next generation of innovators who will have the most profound impact in shaping how billions of people use and are impacted by technology. The group provides counsel on technology’s role in solving major challenges such as education, workforce capacity building and sustainability, and how to use open platforms to be competitive in the global marketplace and foster innovation everywhere.


Recent Announcements

The activities of Global Communities span across several initiatives within Sun - from open government practices, open education curriculum, open-source economic development and youth in technology engagement in the emerging world. The following releases demonstrate the breadth of the Global Communities team and the key role it plays throughout the organization.

Recent Media Coverage

Education and Sun's Global Communities (Sun News Radio, 04-16-09)
Microsoft, top telcos may be hit if BJP comes to power (Economic Times of India, 03-15-09)
UK Government Backs Open Source (BBC Online, Darren Waters, 02-25-09)
"Sun MD Powers China's Earthquake Readiness" (Data Center Knowledge, 11-25-08)
"OSUM Portal from Sun" (ZDNet, 10-30-08)

Opinions and Blogs


Photography

Signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding between Sun Microsystems and China's State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in Beijing, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The MOU establishes a relationship whereby Sun will offer trainings and workshops on open source technologies to China's educators and students. Signing the MOU were Crawford Beveridge, Sun Microsystems' executive vice president and chairman of EMEA, APAC and Americas (seated left) and Li Bing, deputry director for China's State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (seated right).

Signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding between Sun Microsystems and China's State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in Beijing, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The MOU establishes a relationship whereby Sun will offer trainings and workshops on open source technologies to China's educators and students. Signing the MOU were Crawford Beveridge, Sun Microsystems' executive vice president and chairman of EMEA, APAC and Americas (standing left) and Li Bing, deputry director for China's State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (standing right).



Leadership

Lin Lee

Global Communities Vice President

Crawford Beveridge

Executive Vice President and Chairman, EMEA, APAC and the Americas


Contacts

Marcie Hatch
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(530) 232-3603
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