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News
Issue #2002 - 15
(April 2002)
(Updated Apr.
17, 2002)
INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES
RIM and Sun Push Enterprise Apps into Wireless Environment
Research in Motion and Sun
Microsystems have joined forces to provide enterprise software
developers an end-to-end solution to extend their applications
wirelessly.
Building on Sun’s Java platform, the two companies will offer
developers the tools to create applications that can link
back-office databases and other programs to wireless devices.
For example, a remote worker equipped with a RIM BlackBerry would
be able to access a corporate sales force processing program to
check the status of a customer service order via an application
rather than a Web browser, Rich Green, vice president of Java and
XML for Sun Microsystems told Reuters.
The RIM/Sun wireless strategy addresses all aspects of wireless
solutions deployment from back-end systems and end-user devices to
support and consulting services required by customers.
This announcement was augmented with the introduction of RIM’s
BlackBerry 5810, a Java-powered wireless handheld for GSM/GPRS
networks in North America.
The Waterloo, Ontario, company is looking to integrate BlackBerry
within the enterprise, moving beyond its popular e-mail
functionality, said David Yach, vice president, Software at RIM.
"With a standard-based J2ME platform and support for leading
enterprise software companies such as Siebel Systems, Computer
Associates, Cognos and PointBase, we are now opening BlackBerry
beyond e-mail to allow broader wireless integration within the
enterprise," he said.
For more information: http://www.rim.net
(Additional source Reuters)
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