Sun to set up campus incubator program at IIMB

BANGALORE: Sun Microsystems will set up a Sun campus

incubator program at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The company

has signed an agreement to this effect with IIM, Bangalore and Global Internet

Venture

According to a release, IIMB has joined a select list of

premier institutes around the world, which are a part of this program. The Sun

Incubator Program intends to help realize the entrepreneurship potential in

Business Schools. The management institutes being the breeding grounds for

companies that will lead the e-economy revolution in the coming years, the

release added.

This program helps students implement their business plan and

develop Web-based prototypes for their solution. A total of five projects from

students of IIMB will be selected for the program. These projects will be

incubated using Sun's technology and will be guided by a Sun team. Capital

support will come from Global Investment Ventures, said the release.

The Sun Campus Incubator Program consists of Sun Ray 100

enterprise appliances and a fully operational campus data center. The systems

are loaded with software, including the Sun Developer Essentials Software

Enterprise Edition, a complete set of cross-platform enterprise tools including

Netscape, iPlanet, the Solaris Operating Environment, and StarOffice 5.2, a

cross-platform office productivity suite.