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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
LogicaCMG Drives Mobile Services With Sun Java(TM) Enterprise System
LONDON, Sept. 2 -- Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW)
today announced that LogicaCMG (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG) -- a major
international force in IT services and wireless telecoms solutions company --
has chosen the Sun Java(TM) Enterprise System as the infrastructure software
of choice for the company's growing range of wireless data services and
wireless messaging solutions. LogicaCMG will implement the full array of
component products included in the Java Enterprise System, allowing it to
offer an increased range of services to its carrier customers and to further
differentiate the company's wireless messaging (voice mail, video mail and
video streaming) solutions through scalability and competitive pricing.
The Java Enterprise System is an open, standards-based software system
that delivers a core set of industry-leading enterprise network services as a
single, integrated entity on a predictable release cycle. It serves as the
strategic underpinning of Sun's software strategy.
LogicaCMG will use the Java Enterprise System to strengthen its range of
messaging solutions, including LogicaCMG's uOne(TM) Solutions Portfolio, which
includes full-featured, highly scalable, carrier-grade voicemail, unified
messaging and video services for wireless, wireline and broadband network
environments. The Java Enterprise System will help deliver significant
benefits to LogicaCMG's customers including increased messaging capacity,
lower cost per message, more secure messaging and a higher throughput of
messages per second.
"LogicaCMG and Sun have built a solid relationship based on cooperation
and innovation. We share a common goal of providing reliable wireless and
mobile services to our customers. The implementation of the Sun Java
Enterprise System will help us to deliver the messaging solutions our clients
are demanding, with the added attraction of the simple and affordable
licensing model that Sun has developed. The Sun Java Enterprise System allows
us to deliver world-leading wireless solutions to our corporate customers with
increase speed, frequency and confidence," said Chris McDermott, CEO of
LogicaCMG's telecoms business.
"With the Java Enterprise System, LogicaCMG will benefit from the most
integrated and competitively priced infrastructure software on the market
today," said John Loiacono, executive vice president, Software, at Sun
Microsystems. "LogicaCMG Wireless Networks is yet another example of a
customer looking to simplify both the technology they are deploying as well as
the business model by which they purchase and maintain it. It's simple. It's
tightly integrated. And it's a fraction of what they pay today."
About Java Enterprise System
Serious software made simple, the Java Enterprise System seamlessly
integrates award-winning and market-leading enterprise network services that
are needed by every organization to successfully build and deploy their own
business critical applications. This complete standards-based software system
is delivered as a single, pre-integrated entity on a predictable release
cycle, at an affordable cost. Radically simplified customer pricing --
$100 per employee per year (U.S. list price. All prices quoted are in U.S.
dollars) -- delivers the peace of mind CIOs need to focus on what they do
best: leverage IT to achieve their business goals. The Java Enterprise System
shared network services provides the following functionality and capabilities:
Web and Application Services, Network Identity Services, Portal Services,
Communication and Collaboration Services, Availability Services and end-to-end
Security Services. For more information on the Java Enterprise System please
visit: http://www.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem
About LogicaCMG
LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT services and wireless
telecoms. It provides management and IT consultancy, systems integration and
outsourcing services to clients across diverse markets including telecoms,
financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport
and the public sector. Formed in December 2002, through the merger of Logica
and CMG, the company employs around 20,000 staff in offices across 34
countries and has nearly 40 years of experience in IT services. Headquartered
in Europe, LogicaCMG is listed on both the London and Amsterdam stock
exchanges (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available from
http://www.logicacmg.com
About Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network is the
Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its
position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and
services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in over 100 countries and
on the world-wide web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java and The Network Is The Computer
are trademarks, or registered trademarks, of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States and other countries.
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