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Sun, IBM continue to work in tandem

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NEW DELHI: Renewing its commitment to collaboration on the Java platform, IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc. have announced a 10-year extension to their Java technology agreement, designed to provide long-term stability to the almost 4.5 million developers in the worldwide Java community. The two companies also announced plans to deliver IBM middleware support for the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) on SPARC(R), x86 and x64 systems.






According to the press release, under the Java agreement, which extends to 2016, IBM will continue to license and use Java technologies from Sun, including Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE), Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) and Java Platform Micro Edition (J2ME) and Java Card throughout its software products, including its middleware and web services portfolios.





With this extension, IBM and Sun continue to promote and re-affirm the value and necessity of Java compatibility across platforms and demonstrate that both companies are committed to Java innovation. Sun and IBM will also continue to advance and enhance the development of Java technology through the collaborative Java Community Process (JCP).





In addition, IBM will also expand its role to become a channel partner in delivering Java compatible products for the embedded market to Sun's Java technology licensees.





Additionally, in response to customer demand, IBM will broaden support of its DB2, Rational, Tivoli and WebSphere software to include the Solaris 10 OS on x64 AMD Opteron -based platforms.








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