NEW YORK (December 11, 1996) -- IBM, Netscape Communications Corporation and the JavaSoft business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced they plan to sponsor a series of educational seminars for commercial developers around the world that will focus on the benefits of Java technology and how it can help software developers be more successful.
The Java Education World Tour '97, which will begin in February, will offer seminars in more than 40 cities around the world including Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim. The one-day sessions, targeted at commercial developers, and other business and technology professionals within the software development community, will feature five education segments with demonstrations of applications from leading Java developers.
The focus is on helping developers learn more about Java and how their companies can successfully leverage this technology. Included in this tour will be training for building 100 Percent Pure Java applications, which will demonstrate the value of applications that developers can "Write Once, Run Anywhere." The 100 Percent Pure Java initiative, announced earlier today, is a series of education, branding and marketing programs aimed at helping developers be successful with Java.
The education segments will give developers the opportunity to further their education and help them to become more profitable using Java technology. These segments include:
"Java is a terrific technology that presents tremendous opportunity for developers looking to leverage their applications for the Internet and corporate networks," said Patricia Sueltz, vice president, Internet Software, IBM Internet Division. "IBM is very pleased to work with Netscape and JavaSoft to showcase the business value of Java to the developer community around the world."
"We are excited about our plans to join forces with computer industry leaders, IBM and JavaSoft, to bring education about Java directly to the development community," said Danny Shader, vice president of Industry and Developer Relations Marketing for Netscape. "Netscape is a serious proponent of Java and Netscape sees the Java Education Tour as providing developers with information about how to create cross-platform applications."
"We are very pleased to be working with IBM and Netscape to bring the first worldwide Java education tour to developers," said Jon Kannegaard, vice president of Software Products. "This tour synchronizes with our efforts to demonstrate to developers the value in creating 100 Percent Pure Java applications that can run anywhere."
Java, developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc., is rapidly gaining momentum among developers and customers who see it as an efficient and cost-effective technology for network-enabling their applications. As an architecture-neutral and portable environment, Java offers developers significant market opportunity. The tour sponsors are all very active in helping to promote the benefits of Java and working with developers to establish it as an industry standard.
Dates and locations for the tour are being finalized now. The tour will begin in North America in February 1997, with visits to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Boston. In addition, live simulcasts of the event will be broadcast in the nearby regions of each of these five cities, and also Canada. Key development areas will also be targeted in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim. More information, including how to register, will be available from the following Web sites beginning in January: IBM's http://www.ibm.com/java and http://www.developer.ibm.com; Netscape's http://developer.netscape.com/courses_conf and Sun's http://java.sun.com.
IBM, the world's largest software company, develops, manufactures and sells advanced information technology products and services, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. IBM has been a leader in the development of the Internet since this technology began and is dedicated to helping customers and developers exploit the potential of Java. Drawing on the resources of more than a dozen development laboratories worldwide, IBM is rapidly enabling its key infrastructure products, development tools and Internet technologies to support Java.
IBM's Solution Developer Program was formed to facilitate the development and sales of third-party software applications running on IBM hardware and software platforms and middleware. The program offers developers marketing support and access to development tools and leading-edge technologies aimed at lowering development costs and decreasing time to market.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California. Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com, or by calling 415/937-2555 (corporate customers) or 415/937-3777 (individuals).
Netscape's Industry and Developer Relations organization supports developers that are building applications to run on the Netscape ONE platform. Additional information about Netscape ONE and the Netscape developer programs is available through the Netscape DevEdge Online Web site. Developers may also contact Netscape by email at devinfo@netscape.com, or by telephone at the DevEdge Hotline, 415/937-2986.
JavaSoft, headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., is a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc. The company's mission is to develop, market and support the Java technology and products based on it. Java supports networked applications and enables developers to write applications once that will run on any Java-enabled machine. JavaSoft develops applications, tools and systems platforms to further enhance Java as the programming standard for complex networks such as the Internet and corporate intranets.
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 hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $7 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com.
Netscape, Netscape Communications, Netscape DevEdge, Netscape Internet Foundation Classes and Netscape ONE are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. Sun, Sun Microsystems, JavaSoft, JavaBeans, 100 Percent Pure Java, "Write Once, Run Anywhere," "The Network Is The Computer," and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and in other countries.