Seventh Annual Duke's Choice Awards Spotlights 2009's Most Innovative Java Technology Applications
Winners Include Atlassian, Carnegie Mellon University, Grameen Foundation's Technology Center, Jagex Ltd., ND SatCom, Inc., Perrone Robotics, ReportMill Software, Inc., Sealite Company, Terracotta, Inc. and Worcester Polytechnic Institute
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
JAVAONE CONFERENCE,
June 1, 2009
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the winners of the seventh annual Duke's Choice Awards. The Duke's Choice Awards program recognizes the year's most influential Java technology-based applications submitted by developers and companies from around the world. The winners are chosen by Vice President and Sun Fellow James Gosling, along with a panel of Java technology experts at Sun. For full details on the winning organizations and their applications, visit: http://www.java.com/en/dukeschoice/.
"The Duke's Choice Awards highlight the efforts of the Java developer community and the innovative applications they create. Year after year, the judging process becomes increasingly difficult as developers from around the world continue to leverage Java technology in increasingly unique ways," said Gosling. "The 2009 winners exemplify Java technology's universal success, ranging from reducing dependence on petroleum-based fuels to object-oriented programming in education, and from increasing maritime safety to developing open source technologies to help reach the world's poor."
The Duke's Choice Award winners will be featured in the pavilion at the 2009 JavaOne and CommunityOne conferences, as part of the Change (Y)our World Playground.
2009 Duke's Choice Awards Winners
Category: Lifetime Achievement Award - Gold Duke
Project: LincVolt
Developer: Perrone Robotics
LincVolt is a 19.5-foot, 2.5-ton 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible that is making automotive history with an extended range and miles per gallon ratio that has never been attained in a full size vehicle. LincVolt is a testament to true innovation, using clean automobile propulsion technology with a vision to significantly reduce the demand for petroleum-based fuels. LincVolt is built with robotics technology created for use across platforms and software that leverages open-source technologies. Java software is used to monitor performance elements from the car. For more on LincVolt, visit: http://www.lincvolt.com.
Category: Java Technology in Education
Project: Alice
Developer: Carnegie Mellon University
Alice is an innovative teaching tool that provides drag-and-drop style interaction allowing students to construct programs without syntax errors and learn the basic concepts of object-oriented programming. The 3D animation provides a natural program visualization, which helps students understand the execution of programming while catching logical errors that may arise. Alice is a one of a kind program that helps students learn the complete Java programming language and syntax while having fun in the process. Today, it's estimated that Alice is being used in 10 to 15 percent of U.S. colleges and universities, as well as a number of high schools and middle schools. Learn more about Alice by visiting http://www.alice.org.
Category: Best Desktop Game
Project: Runescape
Developer: Jagex Ltd.
Runescape is one of the largest massively multiplayer online games globally, and is now available in high-definition. Runescape was created by Jagex Ltd., which has now launched the FunOrb.com games portal, bringing Java software-based games of genres to consumers. Learn more at http://www.jagex.com/.
Category: Java Technology for the Environment
Project: Motorola G24 JAVA wireless module and SeaLite GSM Cell Phone Monitoring & Alarm system
Developer: Sealite, Motorola wireless modules - Marine Lanterns
Sealite, an manufacturer of marine navigation aids has leveraged Motorola's G24 Java wireless module capabilities to setup and monitor out marine lanterns. The G24-Java monitors and reports to port authority the power used by the lantern, and the power generated by the solar panels. Additionally there are a number of alarms that will cause the unit to send an SMS to the maintenance crew. Alarms include a loss of data from the lantern, a low battery, and incorrect flash sequence, higher temperature, loss of GPS data, etc. Learn more at http://www.motorola.com/m2m.
Category: Java Technology for the Open Source Community
Project: Mifos
Developer: Grameen Foundation's Technology Center
Mifos is an initiative of Grameen Foundation's Technology Center to build an open source technology platform for the microfinance industry to efficiently and effectively deliver financial services to the poor and help fight against global poverty. The Mifos Web-based management information system, aims to increase access to technology for all microfinance institutions and utilizes Java Platform Standard Edition 6 (Java SE) in its community-driven platform to address the size, scalability and reliability requirements needed to reach billions of people in need. Visit http://www.mifos.org to learn more and become involved.
Category: Java Technology in Network Solutions
Project: ND SatCom's Network Management System
Developer: ND SatCom, Inc.
With over 25 years of experience in the satellite networks and systems business, ND SatCom has grown to become one of the leading companies in its field. The company's Network Management System performs network planning, resource management and configuration management for defense networks - on the system level. The system is based on an open and hierarchical architecture that uses the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and includes more than 1,000 NetBeans modules. More information on ND SatCom is available at: http://www.ndsatcom.com/en/.
Category: Java Technology for Developer Solutions
Project: DataBox
Developer: ReportMill Software, Inc.
DataBox is an "Instant Rich Application Builder" that provides all the necessary tools to easily build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) and Java applications in just minutes. DataBox is an end-to-end solution with a user-friendly interface for creating database tables, adding browsers, defining queries, visually designing Web pages, forms and reports, and deploying to an applet in any browser. Deployments that used to require multiple tools, a broad range of skills and a substantial amount of time can be accomplished quickly with DataBox. Visit:
http://www.reportmill.com/ for more information on ReportMill Software and DataBox.
Category: Java Everywhere!
Project: Terracotta 3.0
Developer: Teracotta, Inc.
Terracotta 3.0 provides an inexpensive and easy way to scale a Java application to as many computers as needed. It uses Java technology to cluster Java Virtual Machines (JVM ), which provide a coherent and persistent view of memory and synchronization across multiple JVM instances. Terracotta 3.0 allows applications written in simple Java code to be deployed on multiple application servers for simultaneous high availability and scalability. Since Terracotta 3.0 reduces development time it also lowers the operational and capital cost to support Web applications. For more information on Terracotta visit: http://www.terracotta.org/.
Category: Java Technology in Education
Project: FIRST Robotics Project
Developer: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Starting with the 2010 competion, WPI has made it possible for FIRST teams to use Java to program their robots. 1,683 teams including 42,075 high-school students from around the world compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology, hosts the FIRST Robotics Competition. Founded in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) remains one of the leaders in technological universities, and prides itself on being one of the first technological universities of the nation. WPI seeks to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to impact society and improve the lives of others. To learn more about Worcester Polytechnic Institute visit http://www.wpi.edu and for more information regarding the FIRST Robotics competition visit http://first.wpi.edu/FRC.
Category: Java Technology Tools
Project: Clover
Developer: Atlassian
Clover is a Java software code coverage tool with test-level insight, instant IDE feedback, interactive reports and test optimization. It identifies specific tests that cover various lines of code and automatically identifies which tests need to be run to cover any particular changes. provides insight into user testing by identifying project risks and quick wins. http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/.
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