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eWeek Presents 10 Reasons Sun Still Has Strong Market Influence

Darryl Taft with eWeek has assembled a slide presentation entitled “10 Reasons Why Sun is Still Relevant (an One Reason Why Not)”. He states the questioning of Sun’s relevance began when acquisition of the company started back in April with Oracle’s proposed buyout. “But there are still a lot of factors that demonstrate how Sun’s products and technology remain relevant and in demand in the IT industry,” he writes. “This eWeek slide show illustrates why Sun still has a strong market influence.”

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And Identifying Some of the Work Still to Be Done

“No Fuss, No Muss: Developing Scalable Applications for the Cloud,” enabling an easy expansion and contraction of resources as requirements change is a pretty pithy summation of the draw cloud computing has for many users. At least that’s how Sun Principal Engineer Ted Leung put things during the session he and Sun Product Line Manager for developer tools Ashwin Rao led at 2009 JavaOne.

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Strongly Commits to App Development in Java and JavaFX

Expanded investment in the Java programming language is one of the strategies Oracle has planned when it completes the $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun this summer, said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison when he took the stage at the 2009 JavaOne Conference. He mentioned developing programs for netbooks, mobile devices, and office productivity, and pledged a commitment to Java technologies, including the Java rich media extension JavaFX.

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The Year’s Most Influential Java technology-based Applications

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, and are a featured attraction at the annual JavaOne Conference.

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Showcased at the 2009 JavaOne Conference

New technologies and updates introduced, and some revisited, during the 2009 JavaOne Conference include the new Java Store, JavaFX 1.2 platform, Java SE 6 Update 14, JavaFX TV, JavaFX Authoring Tool and enhancements to the Sun GlassFish Portfolio, specifically Sun GlassFish Web Stack, Sun GlassFish Web Space Server and Java EE 6 Preview.

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Connecting Developers to Hundreds of Millions of Java Users

Sun’s Java Store was revealed during the 2009 JavaOne Conference with the company announcing that it plans on opening it up to all U.S.-based Java users later this year. The Java Store is a network service offering a distribution channel for reaching customers and driving new revenue opportunities through the sale of content. This consumer-facing storefront for Java and JavaFX applications currently is being tested in a private beta program.

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Live Webcast Also to Preview Latest Enhancements to Sun Cloud

CommunityOne West is expected to start off with a bang as Sun launches OpenSolaris 2009.06 and previews the latest enhancements to the Sun Cloud. A live webcast beginning at 9 a.m. ET with Sun Systems EVP John Fowler and Sun Cloud Computing Senior VP and Chief Sustainability Officer David Douglas is set for June 1, 2009 - day one of the open developer conference that runs through the 3rd and starts off the week of Sun’s Moscone Center events, which also includes the 2009 JavaOne Conference.

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Project Vector May Turn Java into the World’s Largest App Store

At the JavaOne Conference this coming June, Sun will be announcing details on a Java project known as Vector. Sun President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz decided to tantalize readers of his blog with a bit about the project, which he hints will more than likely be officially named the Java Store.

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Arrive Early and Join the FOSS Gathering CommunityOne West

June 2nd - 5th are the days for this year’s JavaOne Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The conference schedule has been released, which includes approximately 330 sessions and details on hands-on-labs, Birds-of-a-Feather, and technical sessions. This year the CommunityOne West conference (June 1st - 3rd), which offers numerous sessions on free and open-source software (FOSS) technologies and tools, is taking place in conjunction with the JavaOne conference.

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Sun is seeking content submissions within and across four broad, high-level areas of the Java platform:- Rich Media Applications and Interactive Content
- Mobility
- Services
- Core Technology

Key Dates:

- Thursday, December 19th 2008: Call for Papers closes
- Second week of February 2009: Notifications to submitters completed for technical sessions and BOFs.
- April 17, 2009: Deadline for submission of final slide presentations.
- June 2- June 5, 2009: 2009 JavaOne Conference

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