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Sun Microsystems to Be a Gold-Level Sponsor of the OSGi Alliance 2004 World Congress; Annual Event Features Mobile, Automotive, and Connected Home Solutions (26/8/2004)

OSGi(TM) Alliance today announced Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) as a Gold-Level sponsor for the OSGi Alliance 2004 World Congress.

With a surge of interest and the support of companies like Sun this year's annual event themed, "Convergence: Going Mobile, Driving, and Staying Home with OSGi Solutions" is expected to have a record attendance. Held in Barcelona, Spain, October 11-15, 2004, the Congress will feature pre and post event workshops, keynote presentations, panel discussions, and exhibitions exploring the latest end-to-end OSGi enabled products.

Carl Cargill, Sun's Director of Corporate Standards is one of this year's keynote speakers. Carl Cargill manages Sun's standardization strategies and activities, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the OSGi Alliance and the Open GIS Consortium. Additionally, Carl is a member of the W3C Advisory Board and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of the IT Industry Council.

The acceptance of the OSGi Service Platform has exploded over the last year with framework developers, device manufactures, and service providers releasing OSGi enabled products and services in numerous markets, according to Deepak Kamlani, Executive Director of the OSGi Alliance.

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