Sun Microsystems Targets Next Generation of Developers With 2008-2009
World Tour of Popular Tech Days Conferences
Sun Selects Brazil as First Stop of 13-City Tour; Java Technology,
MySQL and OpenSolaris at the Core of Conference Designed to Drive Open
Sharing and Inspire Innovation
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) September 17, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the details of the
Sun Tech Days worldwide developer conferences for 2008-2009 at http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp.
Sun Tech Days is a 13-city world tour designed to showcase how
developers can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive
the next generation of industry innovation. Since 2000, Sun Tech Days
has seen a six-fold increase in attendance numbers and now reaches over
100,000 developers each year via multiple outreach programs, including
over 30,000 'in-person' developers at the local events around the world.
Sun Tech Days are loaded with technical content, practical "how to"
information, examples of real-world solutions, tips on application
performance tuning, hands-on training and more. The theme for this
year's Sun Tech Days program is “Next
Generation Developers Drive Innovation” and
the first event for 2008-2009 is in Sao Paulo, Brazil from September
29-October 1, 2008 http://www.suntechdays.com.br/std/.
Jim Parkinson, vice president, Developer, Tools and Services at Sun will
be the featured keynote. Kaj Arno, vice president of MySQL(TM) community
relations for Sun's new Database Group will also be attending the event.
Each Tech Days event for 2008-2009 will be broken into four tracks:
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Java & Social Computing: Innovations on the Java(TM) platform and
social networking technology.
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MySQL & Productivity: Web 2.0 development leveraging Sun's MySQL
database, and productivity technology.
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OpenSolaris(TM): Solaris(TM) innovations and application development
for the IPS repository.
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HOL: Hands on development with sessions on social computing, MySQL
database, JavaFX(TM), OpenSolaris, NetBeans(TM) IDE and others.
The Tech Days program will also include:
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Demo Showcase: Six demos highlighting JavaFX, mashups, social
computing, OpenSolaris, PHP/NetBeans and cloud computing.
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Lighting Talks: Content organized and delivered by community speakers
around the different track topics.
In addition, some of the Sun Tech Days events will have an extra day of
deep dive content where attendees can choose from either a dedicated
advanced training session on the NetBeans IDE, highlighting new features
and solutions or a targeted event for students illuminating challenges
and opportunities with next generation technology innovation.
About Sun Tech Days
Sun Microsystems' premier global developer conference, Tech Days,
travels the globe to share expertise with the community about the
Solaris Operating System, Java technology, JavaFX, MySQL database, the
NetBeans IDE, GlassFish(TM), OpenSolaris, Sun(TM) Studio software,
scripting languages, mobile and telecommunications technologies, open
source, web application development and more. Additional information is
available at: http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp.
Developers are also encouraged to join the Sun Developer Network
Program, at no cost, by registering online at: http://developers.sun.com/register.
Sun Tech Days 2008-2009, A Worldwide Developer Conference
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Sao Paulo, Brazil: September 29 - October 1, 2008
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Seoul, South Korea: October 15-17, 2008
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Taipei, Taiwan: November 17, 2008
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Guangzhou, China: November 19, 2008
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Beijing, China: November 21-23, 2008
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Tokyo, Japan: December 2-4, 2008
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Singapore, Singapore: January 20-22, 2009
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New York, United States: February 6-7, 2009
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Hyderabad, India: February 18-20, 2009
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London, United Kingdom: March 25-27, 2009
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Madrid, Spain: March 31 - April 2, 2009
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St. Petersburg, Russia: April 8-10, 2009
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Tel Aviv, Israel: May 5-7, 2009
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer"(TM) -- Sun drives network participation through shared
innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, JavaFX, Solaris, OpenSolaris,
GlassFish, NetBeans, MySQL, and The Network Is The Computer are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
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