May 18, 2006, 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.
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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 www.SonyEricsson.com
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
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