SUN MICROSYSTEMS PROMOTES INTEROPERABILITY OF OPEN JAVA STANDARDS IN THE SERVICE PROVIDER INDUSTRYSUN MICROSYSTEMS PROMOTES INTEROPERABILITY OF OPEN JAVA STANDARDS IN THE SERVICE PROVIDER INDUSTRYSun Microsystems Announces First Certification Under New Auditing and Certification Program for Java Technology for Service Providers Initiative
ATLANTA, GA -- Fall 2001 Voice on the Net Conference (booths #1126, #616/717) -- October 16, 2001 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the first certification under a new third-party Auditing and Certification Program supporting the community-driven Java Technology for Service Providers (JTSP) initiative. This program helps to accelerate the adoption of the JAIN and OSS through Java APIs, and encourage customer uptake of Java technologies among service providers and telecommunications companies. The compatibility testing program helps ensure that vendors' solutions conform to API specifications, thus enabling cross-vendor compatibility. The first product to achieve certification is dynamicsoft's SIP User Agent-Java. The JAIN Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), API, JAIN Call Control (JCC) and the JAIN API for the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) recently achieved final release under the Java Community Process (JCP) program, the community-based process for evolving Java technology specifications, in cooperation with the international Java developer community. Additionally, the JAIN Community membership is gaining critical support and now includes more than 80 leading member companies, from hardware, software and network equipment providers to protocol providers and service providers. The JAIN Community membership consists of such industry leaders as Telcordia Technologies, Qwest Communications, Ulticom, BT, Ericsson, Siemens, dynamicsoft and Nortel Networks. "Sun's goal for the JTSP auditing and certification program is to increase customer confidence in JTSP solutions, shorten time-to-market through interoperable solutions and reduce the technology risk from non-interoperable solutions," said Ann Wettersten, vice president, Wireless and Content Delivery Networks group at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "We're committed to encouraging further developer adoption of open, standard Java APIs for telecom networks and increasing telecom customer uptake of technologies and solutions that enable exciting, enhanced, revenue-generating services." New 3rd Party JTSP Auditing and Certification ProgramThe new JTSP Auditing and Certification program will be run by Applied Testing and Technology (ApTest) of Los Gatos, Calif. Andrew Silverman, ApTest CEO, said, "A consistent third party review of conformance testing will offer additional assurance of interoperability among implementers and complement the strong testing component already built into the Java Community Process. ApTest is very enthused about this program and looks forward to working with the Sun and the JTSP Community." The JTSP Auditing and Certification program will initially support three JAIN APIs: JAIN SIP, JAIN Transaction Capability Application Part (TCAP) and JAIN Operations Administration and Management (OAM). With this growing base of standardized and certified Java APIs, and more on the way, service providers are quickly gaining confidence, even mandating JAIN API compliance from vendors. Specifications Achieve Final Release, First CertificationThe JAIN Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) 1.0 specification, led by dynamicsoft Inc., recently completed Final Release under the Java Community Process program. SIP is an IETF standard protocol for IP-communications, enabling IP-Telephony gateways, client endpoints, PBXs and other communication systems or devices to communicate with each other. The JAIN SIP API specification provides a standard open Java interface for sharing information between SIP clients and SIP servers, providing call control elements and enabling converged-network applications. The dynamicsoft SIP User Agent -Java Technology is the first product certified under the new JTSP auditing and certification program. "With this final release of the JAIN SIP specification, developers can now create a broad spectrum of telecom applications that bring Java technology's service portability and secure network access to the rapidly expanding universe of SIP-based converged services," said Eric Sumner, chief executive officer of dynamicsoft Inc. "As specification lead for the JAIN SIP API, it's only fitting that dynamicsoft become the first company to receive JTSP certification of a JAIN SIP implementation with our dynamicsoft SIP User Agent-Java." The JAIN Call Control (JCC) 1.0 specification has also achieved final release and will soon be ready for inclusion in the JTSP Auditing and Certification Program. Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is the Specification Lead company. The JAIN JCC API provides a unified call-processing interface to enable Java technology developers to write a single service application using call control across heterogeneous networks. Also led by Telcordia, the JAIN API for the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) 1.0 has reached final release and will soon be ready for inclusion in the JTSP Auditing and Certification Program. The JAIN MGCP API provides the industry standard Java specification for the IETF Media Gateway Control Protocol. MGCP is used for controlling trunking gateways that interconnect the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) with packet networks and for controlling residential gateways that function as network interfaces for customer premise located equipment. JAIN Community MomentumWith 25 Java technology specifications already included under the JAIN initiative's domain, the JAIN Community continues to develop both protocol and application API specifications for areas critical to integrated networks IP and SS7 protocols, call control, service logic execution, service creation and mobility management. Bringing service portability, convergence and secure network access to telephony and data networks, the continuing development of JAIN APIs is making a significant mark in the telecom and service provider industry. JAIN Community members Ulticom, Inc. and TrueTel Communications are demonstrating these APIs in action in Sun's booth at Fall VON, highlighting the seamless application flow-through from the services layer through the signaling and protocol layers. The JAIN technology demonstration will use TrueTel's TrueConverge SLEE and Ulticom's Signalware JTCAP, a fully certified JAIN TCAP product. "We are delighted to be working with Sun and TrueTel to demonstrate open, end-to-end solutions, based on JAIN standards, for network and service providers. It shows that real progress has been made by the JAIN community in the three years since Ulticom took part in the first demonstration of service portability using JAIN TCAP," said Shawn Osborne, President and CEO of Ulticom, Inc. "Ulticom is committed to working with Sun and the JAIN community to enable the rapid development of next-generation telecom products and services on the Java platform." About the JAIN InitiativeLaunched by Sun in 1998, the JAIN initiative is a central piece of the Java Technology for Service Providers (JTSP) initiative. The JAIN specification and related APIs were developed through the Java Community Process(JCP), the initiative's program of choice for evolving the technology. The JTSP architecture builds on Java technology-based APIs created by the JAIN Community for next-generation telecom networks, and the OSS through Java Community for back-office service provider operations, such as billing and provisioning. Driving the use of open APIs based on Java technology, Sun and its partners are helping to eliminate the challenges posed by the historically closed, proprietary platforms and interfaces of embedded base telecom. The expanded deployment of Java APIs will enhance functionality, reduce implementation time, and provide investment protection. Through the JAIN initiative, Sun and its partners are defining an open developer playing field that can facilitate enhanced telecom services, while creating new opportunities for the 2.5 million developers using the Java programming language today. About the Java Community ProcessSince its introduction in 1995 as the open, inclusive process to develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community. More than 150 Java technology specifications are in development in the JCP program, which has over 400 company and individual participants. For more information on the JCP program, please visit http://jcp.org. About Sun Microsystems, Inc.Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to take their businesses to the nth. With $18.3 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, JAIN, OSS through Java, JTSP, Java Community Process, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.PR Contacts for Press and Analysts:
Press Release Finder
| |||||||
 |
|