Announcing the Sun Java System Mobile Enterprise Platform.

"Key features of MEP:

• Out-of-the-box connectivity to many enterprise application platforms
• Support for a wide variety of mobile devices
• Offline access to data when there is no network coverage
• Encryption and data fading/wiping, which extend enterprise application security to mobile devices
• Support for over-the-air provisioning of mobile clients
• Tools and templates that simplify the development and customization of mobile applications
• Based on open industry standards and robust and scalable Java technologies"

Sun rubber stamps Synchronica licensing deal.

"Acceptance of the licensed components of Mobile Gateway means Sun will now pay Synchronica an initial licence fee of $1.8m, spread over three equal installments due in February, July and October of this year, as per the details of an agreement signed in August 2007.

Use of Synchronica's core SyncML technology in the Mobile Gateway will enable wireless synchronisation of the Sun Java Communications Suite with any industry standard mobile device."

Synchronica signs breakthrough contract with Sun Microsystems.

"Sun plans to use Synchronica Mobile Gateway's core SyncML technology to enable over-the-air synchronisation of the Sun Java (TM)Communications Suite with any mobile device supporting SyncML, the dominant industry standard incorporated into more than 1.3 billion devices from leading manufacturers including Nokia, SonyEricsson and Motorola. The Sun Java Communications Suite occupies a strong niche in the communication and collaboration market, providing services for major global enterprises and mobile operators, and is reported to power more than 240 million mailboxes worldwide."

Sun responds to AJAX, Silverlight with JavaFX.

"JavaFX is said to be a new scripting variant of Java with a focus on development for the consumer communications market, including desktops, mobile clients, and TVs. The first product release is JavaFX Mobile, a software system for mobile devices."

Sun quietly buys SavaJe.

"SavaJe launched in 2001 with support from many leading European carriers like T-Mobile and Orange, both of which invested in the company. SavaJe boldly proclaimed back then that a Java-based OS would catapult it ahead of such leading OS makers as Symbian and Microsoft. SavaJe, however, never made good on the promise and has had trouble getting many of its products into the hands of end-users. Sun can certainly help in that regard, but how it plans to integrate SavaJe remains something of a mystery."