Sun Announces Sun ONE Webtop, Developer Release Technology for Open Web Services.Business/High Tech Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2001 Breakthrough Technology Provides Customers Customized Webtop for Accessing Office Productivity Applications as Services Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. unveiled Sun (TM) Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) Webtop, developer release software technology as part of its Sun ONE announcement yesterday. Sun ONE Webtop, developer release is groundbreaking technology that will change the way users access office productivity applications as services and will provide ISPs with the ability to deliver branded, customized content to their users. Sun ONE Webtop enables Service Providers, ISVs and corporate developers to deliver office productivity and other business applications as a set of smart services through a customizable desktop-like environment, called a "Webtop." The customizable Sun ONE Webtop solution goes far beyond standard browsers. It combines the rich user experience and application integration of a desktop environment with the more distributed benefits of the Web, accessible over the network, Internet, or Intranets. In addition, Sun ONE Webtop allows universal access from a wide range of devices including PDA's and WAP-enabled cell phones. "Sun ONE Webtop is a key component of Sun's smart services strategy as it enables developers to integrate and deliver essential office productivity services to a broad range of devices," said Pat Sueltz, Sun's Executive Vice President, Software Systems Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "By combining the rich, interactive end user environment of a traditional desktop with the benefits of a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , a Service Provider can create an entirely new service offering that extends market reach, generates new revenue opportunities, and improves customer retention." Sun ONE Webtop's centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management of office productivity services can enable software that is cheaper and easier to maintain than traditional PC-based applications. In this new model, experts handle installation, upgrades and configurations for their customers or end users, which not only saves time and money, but also enables end users to access their applications and files from anywhere in the world using any web-enabled device. "Using Sun ONE Webtop technology, we are delivering productivity services along with custom applications in a new service offering that will help companies decrease on-site investment in IT platform and staff, while offering the scalability and reliability of a professional multi-access solution," said Thierry Lambert Lambert may refer to
Sun ONE Webtop, formerly known as project "StarPortal (TM)," is currently available to a select number of customers around the world, and is expected to be widely available by the end of the first quarter. Sun ONE Webtop is based on StarOffice (TM) components, and is compatible with other productivity suites, including Microsoft's Office software. Sun ONE Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) is one of the industry's most comprehensive offerings to deliver Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. today and includes an architecture and roadmap based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , such as Java and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , to take advantage of the new generation of smart Web services and beyond. Smart Web services are enhanced Web services with a level of intelligence based on context, span multiple networks beyond the Web, and provide a richer experience for both enterprises and end-users. Sun ONE will simplify the way in which both Web and open smart services are created, assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. and deployed -- benefiting enterprises with better business-wide productivity, developers with faster time-to-service and increased market opportunity, and consumers with an enriched user experience. More information about Sun ONE can be found at www.sun.com/software/sunone. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular SINGULAR, construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one, not plural. Johnson. 2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. vision -- "The Network Is The Computer (TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $17.6 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com. (c)2001: Sun Microsystems, Inc. all rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, StarPortal, StarOffice, and the Network is the Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. |
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