News - Saturday 27th May 2006 - 6:30pm
JavaOne 2006, San Francisco
Sony Ericsson has been
voted as the winner of the Member of the Year category of the Java
Community Process (JCP) Program's Annual Awards. The announcement was
made by the JCP Program Management Office at an awards ceremony held
last night during the JavaOne Conference.
The JCP Program held its 4th annual JCP Program Community Event
where awards in five different categories were revealed. The
nominations had been made by the Executive Committees (ECs), and the
winner in each category determined by Executive Committee vote.
The JCP Member of the Year award recognizes the corporate or
individual member who has made the most significant positive impact
on the community in the past year. Leadership, investment in the
community, and innovation were some of the qualities that EC Members
were looking for in voting for this award. The runners up for the
Member of the Year award were JBoss, NTT DoCoMo, and Sun
Microsystems.
Sony Ericsson is an active, voting member of the Java(TM) ME (Micro
Edition) EC, participating in the evolution of mobile Java technology
through the JCP Program. The JCP ECs guide the development of and
approve new Java Specification Requests (JSRs). The Java ME EC is a
group of members of the Java community guiding the development of
Java technology on mobile devices and representing a cross-section of
major stakeholders, including Sony Ericsson. Through the Java ME EC,
Sony Ericsson has been working to ensure an open, well-managed Java
community. Its clear mission is to ensure optimal progress of Java
technology in mobile phones and to maximize the usage and
interoperability of Java technology based applications on mobile
phones.
"I am very pleased with the selections by the Executive Committee
members and the well-deserved recognition these give to top
contributions in the Java community. Sony Ericsson is one of this
year's best examples of how standards development and innovation work
hand in hand to advance Java technology" says Onno Kluyt, senior
director, JCP Program at Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Chair of the JCP.
Sony Ericsson's representative on the Java ME Executive Committee,
Hanz Häger, was at the event at The Argent Hotel in San Francisco and
accepted the award. Hanz has been part of the Java(TM) Technology for
the Wireless Industry (JTWI), JSR 185 expert group and he now
participates in the Mobile Service Architecture (MSA), JSR 248/249
expert group. He has also been involved in Sony Ericsson's efforts to
start the Unified Testing Initiative and associated Java Verified
testing program, which provides a framework for testing Java
applications in the mobile space, and participates in the ongoing
steering group for that effort. Sony Ericsson has also been one of
the most aggressive advocates of Mobile Java 3D with Mobile 3D
Graphics (JSR 184) now implemented in more than 30 of its phones and
its Sony Ericsson Developer World program recognized as the leading
technical resource in Mobile Java 3D.
"The JCP Program Member of the Year award clearly shows that the
community thinks that Sony Ericsson is an important player and that
our contribution in the Java ME ecosystem has been successful and is
highly valued. We are proud to win the JCP Member of the Year award
and will do our best to live up to industry expectations also in the
future and, together with other players in the community, work hard
to make Java in mobile devices even more powerful," Hanz Häger says.
Hanz pays special attention to what will help Java developers, and he
is enthusiastic about reducing fragmentation in the Java ME industry."Sony Ericsson's strategy to build backwards compatible Java
platforms, aligned with the industry standard, is one of our
contributions to reduce fragmentation. The fact that we focus on
quality and performance is also a way for us to make sure we have a
very attractive offering to developers, confirmed by active and very
positive Community members and Premier Partners of Sony Ericsson
Developer World," says Hanz.
For a listing of all the 4th JCP Program Annual Awards nominations,
descriptions of the awards categories and of the selection process,
go to http://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2006award_nominees.
About Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Developer World is a global support program and web
portal totally dedicated to helping serious, wireless developers
achieve business success by providing the documentation, tools,
training, technical and go-to-market support they need in their
development process. Sony Ericsson Developer World helps developers
get on the fast track from mind to market, thereby ensuring that a
constant stream of fun, useful and innovative content and
applications is available for Sony Ericsson phones.
www.SonyEricsson.com/developer
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications
market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories,
and PC-cards. Established as a joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in
2001, with global corporate functions located in London, the company
employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide, including R&D sites in
Europe, Japan, China and America. Sony Ericsson is the global title
sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the
Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities
during the year. For more information on Sony Ericsson, please visit
About the Java Community Process
Since its launch in 1998 as the open, inclusive process to develop
and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations,
and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program
has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with
the international Java developer community. The JCP has over 1000
company and individual participants. More than 290 Java technology
specifications are in development in the JCP program out of which 45%
are in final stages.
For more information on the JCP program, please
visit http://jcp.org