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Sun Microsystems Inc: Sun Releases Java Platform Standard Edition For
Business; Subscription Based Product Extends Sun's Industry-Leading
Support for the Java SE Platform
(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
RDATE:07042008
Santa Clara, Calif -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today
announced the availability of Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE)
for Business, a new product subscription designed to more than double
Sun's support periods for releases, provide faster access to technology
updates and offer enterprise deployment features for customers. In
addition, Sun also announced a redistribution agreement so that ISVs,
service providers and integrators can offer Java SE for Business to
their customers.
Detailed information on Java SE for Business is available at:
http://sun.com/software/javaseforbusiness.
"Java SE for Business was created based on the feedback Sun received
from a large number of our customers and ISV's who requested we extend
the amount of time that Sun provides updates for Java SE releases via a
paid support offering.
Customers and partners running Java applications on older release
families now have a choice of either migrating to a newer release or
subscribing to Java SE for Business to continue receiving critical
reliability, availability and security updates, as well as new
operating environment support for their existing applications," said
Jeet Kaul, vice president, Client Software Group at Sun.
Java SE for Business is designed for customers looking for longer, more
predictable support for the platform - up to 15 years per family. Sun
will also continue to support the latest non-subscription release of
Java SE, at no cost, and deliver three years of quarterly maintenance
updates per release family. In addition, future releases of Java SE
will continue to be developed under the General Public License version
2 (GPL v2) as part of the OpenJDK open source community at:
http://openjdk.java.net/.
As part of the subscription service, Java SE for Business also offers
customers faster access to mission critical reliability and security
fixes through Java SE for Business Revisions.
Customers will be able to get specific fixes that they request from Sun
faster than ever before. In addition, Sun plans additional features for
Java SE for Business including a new IT managed Java auto-update and
integration with Sun xVM Ops Center. These features will enable IT
managers to have greater visibility into Java software applications
across their company, as well as increase their ability to manage these
deployments.
Java SE for Business is available via a company wide license with three
levels of support - standard, premium and premium plus and is priced
per employee per year. It is available for Java SE version families
1.4, 5.0 and 6 and for the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), Windows
and Red Hat Linux. Customers running on Solaris OS can receive access
to Java SE for Business for Solaris at no additional cost.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared
innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can
be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Solaris and The Network Is
The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
CONTACT: Jacki DeCoster, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tel: +1 415 294 4482
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