Sun Microsystems Partners with
Next Generation Software Vendors
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA –
October 21, 2003
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SUNW) announced today it is teaming
with industry leading independent
software vendors (ISVs) to provide
model driven architecture (MDA)
based solutions for customers across
multiple industries. Sun's partners
will be exhibiting in the Sun Global
Partner pavilion at the Gartner
Symposium ITxpo 2003, October 21-
23 in Orlando, FL. In addition,
a Sun Distinguished Engineer and
Chief Architect of Sun Software
Services, John Crupi, will speak
about recent developments in Model
Driven Architecture (MDA) and Patterns
at the conference on Thursday, Oct.
23.
The model-driven architecture,
or MDA, represents an advanced approach
to software design and development.
Developers use models created using
languages such as the Unified Modeling
Language (UML) to capture details
of their business objects and processes.
MDA-based systems can then translate
these designs into code, improving
the productivity, quality, and longevity
of applications. By capturing business
logic and business processes at
a higher level of abstraction, MDA
also helps to protect organizations'
software investments by creating
re-usable models. Further, MDA simplifies
the implementation of Web services
by shielding the application architecture
from changes in the deployment infrastructure.
Using MDA, businesses can easily
evolve and grow without massive
rewrites to existing production
environments as standards and platform
capabilities change and mature.
Today's IT managers face unprecedented
complexity and high development
costs, said John Crupi, Distinguished
Engineer, Software Services, Sun
Microsystems. Creation and delivery
of a network infrastructure solution
incurs tremendous costs and requires
sophisticated expertise. To ease
the challenge of reuse through model
driven architectures, Sun is working
closely with its partners to create
solutions that reduce cost and complexity
while helping businesses realize
the advantages of the real-time
enterprise. John Crupi is a Sun
Distinguished Engineer and manages
the Pattern and Design Capture Expertise
Center at Sun Software Services.
John is co-author of Core J2EE Patterns
and has over 17 years of experience
in distributed object computing.
Sun will highlight nine vendor
solutions at the conference, including,
Certive, Clickmarks, Inc., iSpheres,
Kabira Technologies, Inc., M7 Networks,
MAKE Technologies, ProactiveNet,
Relicore, Inc., and Transoft Inc.
"Model driven development
is the native language for Kabira
solutions on the Sun platform",
said Grover Righter, vice president
of marketing for Kabira Technologies.
"Architects can use models
to design and then compile high-speed,
real time enterprise applications
that combine upper layers from the
Java Enterprise System with Kabira's
ultra fast lower layer software.
The resulting solutions enable customers
to use best-in-class solutions from
Sun and connect them directly to
global networks for high-volume
business transactions."
"The M7 Application Assembly
Suite uses a model-driven persistence
engine that makes it easy to access
data from any SQL database without
requiring any custom coding,"
said Mansour Safai, CEO of M7. "By
using a model-driven architecture,
M7 saves our customers time and
money in developing custom web applications."
"Model driven development
is a key benefit of iSpheres Halo
4," said David Dawson, vice
president of Marketing for iSpheres
Corporation. "Corporate developers
can use models built by Halo 4's
prototyping tools to map their high-level
analysis models to Halo's Event
Server platform. Developers can
then rapidly deploy these applications
to Sun solutions."
Model Driven Development forms
the core of our solution, said Adnan
Lawai, director of Technical Sales
at Clickmarks. Using the Clickmarks
solution, developers can capture
business logic from existing systems
by modeling the behavior of users
interacting with a system as a state
machine. This dramatically reduces
the time and cost of performing
application integration - and enhances
the ROI. The resulting application,
which integrates with components
of the Sun Java Enterprise System,
enables users to have access to
the most relevant functionality,
in the most relevant format - a
portlet, web service, or stand-alone
web or mobile application.
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 make the Net work. Sun can
be found in more than 100 countries
and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com
About Clickmarks
Clickmarks is the pioneer of Presentation
Level Integration (PLI), a noninvasive
integration technology that refactors
existing applications into re-usable
components at the presentation layer.
Clickmarks and its partners use
PLI technology to leverage existing
enterprise investments in delivering
workflow automation, portal integration,
and decision support solutions to
the enterprise. The company’s
products and solutions have been
commercially deployed at some of
the world’s largest companies,
including Vodafone Group PLC, Unisys,
Nippon Information Technology Corporation,
Sun Microsystems, and Telefonica.
Founded in 1999, Clickmarks (www.clickmarks.com)
is a privately held company backed
by several blue chip investors,
including DFJ-ePlanet, Vodafone
Ventures, Entrust, and Mitsubishi
Corporation. It is headquartered
in Fremont, California.
The company is headquartered at
718 University Avenue # 202
Los Gatos CA 95032
V (408) 399-6120
F (408) 395-5404
Web site:www.clickmarks.com
For more information, please contact:
Dodi Handy, President and CEO
Elite Financial Communications Group
Tel: 407-585-1080
E-mail: dlk@efcg.net |
