SUN INNOVATION, PROJECT JXTA, INSPIRES DEVELOPMENT OF P2P SERVICES AND APPLICATIONSSUN INNOVATION, PROJECT JXTA, INSPIRES DEVELOPMENT OF P2P SERVICES AND APPLICATIONSIndustry Support for Project JXTA Technology Continues to Grow; Makes Significant Headway in First Year
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 23, 2002 -- Over the last year, Sun Microsystems, Inc. has turned a research project into a leading peer-to-peer platform, changing the way people work and use network computing technology. Through the open-source community, thousands of developers and dozens of universities and companies are developing and investigating compelling services and applications based on JXTA that demonstrate the benefits of P2P technology. Project JXTA is Sun's network computing technology for peer-to-peer computing that is designed to allow any connected device on a network to communicate and collaborate. A vast array of companies and organizations are using and evaluating the JXTA technology including: Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP; Ericsson Microwave AB; Hughes Network Systems; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; National Association of Realtors; Research In Motion; Siemens Corporate Technology; Sony Corporation of America; and the University of Maryland [please refer to supporting document for additional information on each company]. "JXTA was a natural choice for us when we looked at peer-to-peer technologies," said Monika Gonauser, vice president, Siemens Corporate Technology. "It supports our notion of the nomadic communities and simplifies the job of finding the right people and right resources at the right place and right time." Inspired by JXTASeveral leading-edge companies and organizations in a variety of industries such as, wireless technology, government, media, legal, real estate and consumer electronics are using and evaluating the award-winning JXTA technology to further advance the areas of workgroup collaboration, resource sharing, next-generation wireless and content sharing networks. Support for and development of JXTA-based technologies continues to grow with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). JXTA solutions from Avaki Corporation, Cimpler Technologies, Improv Technologies, Inclusive Software, InfoGlyptic Software, neofonie, Internet Access Methods, Inc., nDevia Networks, R-Objects, Inc., Tryllian and VistaPortal are available in the areas of workgroup collaboration, developer tools and content sharing, for example. "This is just the beginning for JXTA and P2P technology overall. It is not surprising that this technology has taken off and a wide range of companies are building JXTA-based applications to create competitive advantages," said Mike Clary, vice president of Project JXTA. "As we celebrate JXTA's first anniversary, it is being recognized as the leading platform for developing and delivering P2P applications and services." Building the JXTA CommunityAs an open source effort, Project JXTA has benefited greatly from the significant and numerous contributions of the active JXTA.org community. Nearly 10,000 registered members of the JXTA.org community actively contribute to the technology and thousands more are investigating and working with JXTA. The Web-based collaborative environment of JXTA.org provided by CollabNet has been instrumental in bringing the JXTA community together to work on approximately 80 known JXTA-based projects. These projects include: ipeers - artificial intelligence for P2P networks, Voice-Over P2P and Edutella - a P2P network of 20 universities. The JXTA technology and documentation have been downloaded for investigation and use close to a half million times by a variety of companies, developers and organizations looking to build P2P services and applications using JXTA. Visit www.jxta.org for more information. About Project JXTADeveloped by Sun Microsystems and released to the community in April 2001, JXTA is an open, generalized peer-to-peer platform that allows any connected device on the network to communicate and collaborate. JXTA can be applied across multiple platforms including the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE), Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME), C platform, PERL, Python, Ruby and TINI and accessed by any device on the network including cell phones, two-way pagers, electronic sensors, PDAs, desktop computers and servers. Sun's technical consulting arm, Sun Professional Services, is at the forefront of helping organizations leverage JXTA to deliver services to the Web, and to engineer architectures to support pervasive - any device, any where, any time - access. In 2002, JXTA technology was awarded the "Most Innovative Java Product or Technology Award" from JavaWorld Magazine and the "Outstanding Group Contribution to Java Technology" from JavaPro Magazine. 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. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com Quote SheetBoies, Schiller & Flexner, LLPDavid Boies, partner in the litigation powerhouse of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, has hired Amici, Inc., an enterprise peer-to-peer company, to complete development of and install a JXTA-based software solution for lawyers collaborating on complex litigations. "The cases handled by my firm require close coordination of the efforts of dozens of other law firms and hundreds of lawyers and paralegals, working with clients, accounting firms, economists and other experts. Each of these cases requires separate, ad hoc, secure networks administered by members of the network rather than central administrators. Security, flexibility and instant access to each other's files is essential to effective and efficient case administration. Sun's JXTA platform and Amici's software provide the legal profession with a 'killer application.'" David Boies, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP Media Contact: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory"R-Objects Pepper, based on open industry standards and the Project JXTA collaboration infrastructure, is playing a unique and important role at JPL to connect our people, our information and our applications and those of our partners, so our thousands of engineers and scientists can be successful in sending spacecraft to Mars and other planets." Michael Dickerson, Manager, Tools and Processes, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Media Contact: National Association of Realtors"The concept of peer-to-peer technology is what the real estate business is all about. Facilitating collaboration and communication between clients and service providers in a personal way is one of the main aspects of a realtor's relationship with their client. We discovered JXTA in the open source community and found it to be the most mature platform in the P2P space to help us develop the applications necessary for our member realtors to be as effective with clients and on the road as they are in the office." Aubrey Jackson, Center for Realtor Technology for the National Association of Realtors Media Contact: Research In Motion"JXTA runs on the J2ME platform that has been implemented on our BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds and will enable our customers to access P2P applications. With our strong commitment to Java and the increasing popularity of P2P technology with corporate customers, RIM will be able to fully support these applications using the JXTA platform." David Yach, Vice President, Software at Research In Motion Media Contact: Siemens Corporate TechnologyResearchers at the Siemens Corporate Technologies labs in Munich have enabled SIMpad devices with JXTA using IEEE 802.11b or other wireless LAN connectivity. A demonstration at JavaOne in March illustrated how JXTA is being used to dynamically discover other SIMpads and allow the exchange of relevant information between the two devices. "JXTA was a natural choice for us when we looked at peer-to-peer technologies. It supports our notion of the nomadic communities and simplifies the job of finding the right people and right resources at the right place and right time." Monika Gonauser, Vice President, Siemens Corporate Technology Media Contact: University of Maryland"JXTA P2P technology has provided a great platform to underpin Satella, our satellite data sharing tool being developed by Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI), the Code 922 Terrestrial Information Systems Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the University of Maryland. The Earth Science community is definitely looking for new, innovative methods for reducing the cost, complexity, and centralization of its data systems, and JXTA technology provides a strong base for us to deliver on this promise. The fact that JXTA's protocols and implementations are open-source means our product will be able to grow and evolve as fast as the community does." Dr. Christopher Justice, Professor of Geography at the University of Maryland, College Park Media Contact: Sun MicrosystemsSun Professional Services "Sun's global JXTA consulting specialists have helped customers deploy secure, interconnected solutions based on the innovative JXTA technologies. This has allowed them to achieve improved collaboration on a wide variety of devices, retaining high levels of privacy, confidentiality and controlled access for the most sensitive applications." Mark Bauhaus, Vice President of Sun ONE Consulting for Sun Professional Services Media Contact: ISVs AVAKI CorporationAVAKI Corporation offers the first commercial grid software solution to provide highly secure, wide-area access to processing, data and application resources in a single, uniform operating environment. "The next generation of the Internet must support new classes of distributed processes and applications. Open protocol initiatives such as Project JXTA are essential to the realization of this vision, and AVAKI is committed to continued involvement with Sun in this effort." David Fish, President & CEO, AVAKI Corporation Media Contact: Cimpler TechnologiesCimpler Technologies is the Critical Information Management company that is in the business of protecting enterprises' "active" information that is essential to day-to-day operation. This information tends to be unstructured and resides outside IT control on laptops, home computers and mobile devices. Cimpler is building critical information management software that is simpler than email. "Cimpler Technologies relies on JXTA's enterprise scalability and flexible P2P protocols to build Critical Information Management (CIM) products for our enterprise customers. At one of our telco customers, the norm is to have workgroups spread across multiple cities. Cimpler's JXTA-based Shared CollectionsT and Collections MessengerT helps them share information quickly, easily, in an ad hoc manner, and remain competitive during organizational flux. Employees no longer need to rely on insecure and unmanageable email attachments to share information. JXTA is an ideal tool to help us bring desktop, laptop, and mobile device data into the managed safety of IT control without restricting the work habits of employees." Artur Urbanski, CEO, Cimpler Technologies Media Contact: Improv TechnologiesImprov Technologies develops Living Software products and services that empower dynamic businesses to create solutions that adapt and grow to meet the demands of their ever-changing competitive environment. "Improv has been committed to Project JXTA since it's beginning. JXTA provides the flexible and scalable messaging infrastructure we need to deliver dynamic distributed network computing solutions. Our Cirquet Solution Suite enables developers to create, deploy, and manage Living Software applications where components can live on any node on the network and communicate with each other, wherever they reside." Joe Brookman, Chief Marketing Officer, Improv Technologies Media Contact: Inclusive SoftwareInclusive Software is an exciting new software company that is creating a new paradigm for users to capture, convey, and exchange information by building distributed desktop applications for end users. "Peer-to-peer computing is fundamental to the next generation of network computing, and JXTA technology accelerates the development and adoption of P2P applications. Inclusive Software believes in Sun's vision for Project JXTA, which is why JXTA technology is at the core of our soon-to-be released product, Momentum, a distributed desktop application." Tom Brubaker, President & CEO, Inclusive Software Media Contact: InfoGlyptic SoftwareInfoGlyptic, based in India, is an ISO certified, software products, solutions and services provider with varied expertise serving diverse markets. "Based on Project JXTA, Sun's initiative in P2P computing technology, infoGlyptic's beta product DCFS addresses the enterprise needs to share resources, simultaneously utilizes the existing network and extra disc space available on the client nodes thereby reducing the load on a central server. We are proud to be part of the Project JXTA revolution." Rajan Desai, CEO, Infoglyptic Software Media Contact: Internet Access Methods, Inc.Internet Access Methods, Inc. is a software development company specializing in Real-Time Collaborative Technologies, which include collaborative Endpoint applications, Centralized Services to manage collaboration and Components/Frameworks to facilitate the building of P2P applications. "JXTA's approach to next-generation network applications solves numerous problems for all types of distributed applications. IAM has been developing P2P applications for three years and ported everything from our proprietary connectivity to JXTA technology, gaining an industry standard with greater connectivity opportunities. Our JXTA-based products include IAM-Swinging, which turns any Swing/AWT application into a collaborative P2P application, and IAM-Developing, a collaborative Programmers Development Environment with integrated capability to sell/obtain professional services." Gerry Seidman, CEO, Internet Access Methods, Inc. Media Contact: nDevia NetworksnDevia Networks creates collaborative software solutions to enable secure cross-enterprise sharing of knowledge and resources. "When nDevia began developing its Syndica distributed collaboration tool, we chose JXTA technology as a means of linking edge-based peers together. Sun's JXTA platform is the foundation Syndica uses for transferring message data and files securely between peers and accelerated our product development by offering us the flexibility we required without forcing us to reinvent the wheel." Doug Farrand, President, nDevia Networks Media Contact: R-Objects, Inc.R-Objects, Inc. is the pioneer and leader in Personal Knowledge Management software. "R-Objects develops Pepper, a family of distributed middleware and applications that connect people, software and information across the computing devices they need. We chose to work with Project JXTA because it is the industry's only open collaboration of developers building post-client-server infrastructure enabling the Internet's next phase." Johannes Ernst, Founder and CEO, R-Objects, Inc. Media Contact: TryllianTryllian integrates business processes using 100% Java, agent-based distributed computing. "Tryllian's policy is to use as many standardized components and technologies as possible. Never build something that is already available for free. JXTA technology provides what we needed without building it ourselves, and the use of JXTA and Java allows us to concentrate on our core business: building tools for creating multi-agent systems." Han Witvoet, CEO, Tryllian Media Contact: VistaPortalVistaPortal brings Web services to the enterprise via P2P intelligent portal with reporting capabilities. "JXTA meets Web services through VistaPortal's VistaPoint, addressing the paradigm shift in today's enterprise market toward P2P collaboration. Our VistaPoint and VistaRepository offerings put control of important tasks in the hands of key users, dramatically leveraging IT's networking and desktop system investments. JXTA protocols were used extensively in the building of VistaRepository." Joe Raynus, CEO, VistaPortal Media Contact: Industry CollabNet"Project JXTA is an exciting project, as an example of a technology released to the open source community at a very early prototypical stage. The JXTA.org community has further defined and pushed the technology in a number of very cool directions, many of which weren't even conceived of beforehand. Unlike many other efforts, Project JXTA wasn't created to mimic the behavior of other commercial software - it defines something entirely new. Balancing radical new ideas with Open Source development methods can often be considered difficult, but the JXTA community is showing us how to do it right." Brian Behlendorf, CTO and Co-Founder, CollabNet Media Contact:
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