Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy Introduces the .com Home of the Future at the Consumer Electronics Show.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CES 2000 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000 Sun and Partners Showcase Networked Consumer Products and Services Giving consumers the opportunity to experience the home of the future, 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., today unveiled the .com Home at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The .com Home (Room N242, 2nd level, Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. ) introduces consumers to a broad range of innovative everyday appliances, products, technologies and services using Java(TM) and Jini(TM) technologies that are expected to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the way that people work and play. The .com Home exhibit demonstrates Internet-enabled solutions using Sun's technologies from leading industry partners and manufacturers in the wireless, interactive television and home gateway markets. Several announcements involving some of these partners and manufacturers will be made at the show (see accompanying releases). Sun's .com Home demonstrates how dozens of different consumer appliances and services can interact seamlessly into a smart home network, offering a high level of consumer convenience. Scott McNealy Scott McNealy (born November 13, 1954 in Columbus, Indiana) was the Chairman of Sun Microsystems, the computer technology company he co-founded in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim. , chairman and chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, will give a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. at CES discussing how open, network technologies, such as Sun's, are making the service-driven network and the .com Home a reality for consumers. McNealy will deliver his keynote address on Thursday, January 6, at 4:00 P.M., and will participate in a question and answer session for press and analysts in conference rooms 4 and 5 of the Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. immediately following his keynote. Making the .com Home a Reality Sun's .com Home demonstration was created largely in conjunction with GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. as part of an overall initiative to create a "Connected Family" environment. The exhibit highlights networked products and services in a kitchen, interactive entertainment center, home control and security system and office setup. Industry partners including Bosch Siemens, GTE, Cisco, Oracle, Echelon, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Sears, Whirlpool whirlpool, revolving current in an ocean, river, or lake. It may be caused by the configuration of the shore, irregularities in the bottom of the body of water, the meeting of opposing currents or tides, or the action of the wind upon the water. and others are utilizing Sun's open consumer technologies to design and develop products and services. These innovative new products and prototypes leverage Sun's Java and Jini technologies and are designed to take advantage of consumer and business services being dynamically downloaded from the Internet. Products that were once standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. now not only have the ability to work together, but also the ability to leverage new features that manufacturers can provide after the product is purchased -- providing new capabilities that benefit the consumer. The growing interactive television market is clearly an area where content developers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a reliable software platform upon which to build the next generation of interactive television services, such as Electronic Programming Guide, Video-on-Demand and Enhanced Broadcasting. The Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). , along with the Java TV Java TV is the term used for a set-top box, for which the software is written in the object oriented programming language Java. Java version 2 has 3 variants:
The development of consumer products and services using Java and Jini technologies has increased as Sun's consumer technologies have been embraced as a standard for a wide range of devices across multiple industries. Java technology's open, cross-platform capabilities appeal to device manufacturers and service providers, allowing them to develop and deploy products for consumers rapidly and cost-effectively. Several industry and standards groups including Home Audio/Video Interoperability (HAVi), Global System for Mobile Communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. (GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. ), Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. ) and the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) have adopted the Java platform into their development specifications. Additionally, more than a dozen wireless industry manufacturers and service providers have joined together to develop and define an open standard for wireless devices using Sun's Java platform (see accompanying release). About Sun Microsystems Since its inception in 1982, a singular 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 ".com" their businesses. With $12.4 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com. Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Java, Jini, HotJava, Java TV 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. Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. is a trademark or registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. in the United States and other countries. Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the WorldWide Web using a tool such as Netscape Navigator(TM) or Sun's HotJava(TM). Type http://sun.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt.
Additional Sun Press Releases at CES
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, GTE AND CISCO SYSTEMS CREATE "CONNECTED
FAMILY(SM)" INTERNET-ENABLED PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Jointly-Developed Connected Family Environment Showcased
At The Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS--January 6, 2000--Helping consumers realize the power
and convenience of networked homes, Sun Microsystems, Inc., GTE and
Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to collaborate on developing the "Connected
Family(SM)" environment, Internet-enabled products and services in a
home environment. The companies will showcase the "Connected Family"
environment in Sun's .com Home (Room N242, 2nd level, Las Vegas
Convention Center) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 6-9,
2000, and will conduct field trials this summer.
For full text, please go to:
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-01/sunflash.20000106.2.html
SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND CISCO SYSTEMS FORM ALLIANCE
TO DEVELOP OPEN ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERNET HOME GATEWAY
LAS VEGAS--January 6, 2000--In an effort to make it easier for
consumers to take advantage of the networked world, Sun Microsystems,
Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that they have formed a
consumer market alliance to develop an open, standards-based
architecture for Internet home gateway systems and technologies.
For full text, please go to:
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-01/sunflash.20000106.3.html
SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND TELIA TO DEVELOP A .COM HOME
ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE
Collaboration To Deliver Networked Home Products
and Services in the Year 2000
LAS VEGAS--January 6, 2000--Telia and Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
today announced an agreement to jointly develop and demonstrate home
gateway software to deliver a constant Internet connection into homes.
Telia is currently working to roll-out the concept to a small
collection of homes in Europe and will conduct initial field trials in
select areas of Scandinavia during the year 2000.
For full text, please go to:
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-01/sunflash.20000106.4.html
SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION TEAM UP TO
BUILD NETWORKED HOME SOLUTIONS
Efforts to Unite Broadband Technology with Home Appliances
LAS VEGAS--January 6, 2000--Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Whirlpool
Corporation today announced that they will collaborate on the
development of a home networking architecture for Whirlpool's
Networked Home Solutions that will feature a new generation of home
products and services using broadband connectivity and Sun's consumer
technologies.
For full text, please go to:
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-01/sunflash.20000106.5.html
JAVA(TM) TECHNOLOGY ADOPTED AS THE STANDARD FOR A WIDE
RANGE OF CONSUMER DEVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE MARKETS
The Home Gateway, Interactive Television and Wireless
Markets All Benefit From the Open Java Platform
LAS VEGAS--January 6, 2000--Sun Microsystems, Inc., today
announced the overwhelming support for the Java(TM) platform
exemplified by the adoption of Java technology as the standard in
various markets such as home gateway, interactive television and
wireless. The Java platform has become the de facto standard in
various industry and standards groups due to the flexibility, open
cross platform compatibility and portability that Java technology
provides.
For full text, please go to:
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-01/sunflash.20000106.6.html
SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND INDUSTRY PLAYERS SET STANDARD IN
WIRELESS MARKETPLACE USING THE JAVA(TM) 2 PLATFORM
More than a Dozen Leading Wireless Providers Join with Sun to
Help Define A Standard for Next Generation Wireless Products
LAS VEGAS--January 6, 2000--Working together to create a common
standard for wireless technologies and products, Sun Microsystems,
Inc. and leading industry partners have joined efforts to define one
of the standards for the future of the wireless industry using the
Java(TM) 2 platform.
For full text, please go to:
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-01/sunflash.20000106.7.html
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