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Sun Microsystems Expands 2006-2007 Sun Tech Days Schedule to 13 Locations

Posted on: Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 15:00 CDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. , the creator and leading advocate of Java(TM) technology, today announced the details of the Sun Tech Days worldwide developer conferences for 2006-2007. Based on positive feedback and overwhelming demand from developers around the world, the overall Sun Tech Days program has been expanded to 13 events this year. In addition, Sun has added a new separate track dedicated to the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS), NetBeans(TM) and OpenSolaris(TM) developer days and the inclusion of Java University (JavaU) training as an ancillary event.

Sun Microsystems' premier global developer conference, Tech Days, provides developers with practical, "how to" information on technical topics relating to: Java technology, the Solaris 10 OS, NetBeans, OpenSolaris, open source, development tools and Web 2.0., which can help developers be productive immediately. Sun Tech Days are loaded with detailed technical information, examples of real-world solutions, demonstrations, hands-on training and more. In addition, each Sun Tech Days conference takes attendees through several advanced development topics. Now in its ninth year, the Sun Tech Days conference program has educated more than 150,000 developers on six continents. More information is available at: http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp

Sun Tech Days 2006-2007, A Worldwide Developer Conference Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center Seattle, Washington / September 6-8, 2006 http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/2006/US_SEA.jsp Shanghai, China September 22-24, 2006 http://cn.sun.com/event/2006Tech-Days/ Beijing, China September 27-29, 2006 http://cn.sun.com/event/2006Tech-Days/ Buenos Aires, Argentina October 23-25, 2006 Seoul, Korea November 8-10, 2006 Prague, Czech Republic November 14-16, 2006 Hyderabad, India February 21-23, 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 6-8, 2007 London, United Kingdom March 14-16, 2007 Atlanta, United States Spring 2007 St. Petersburg, Russia April 2007 Sao Paulo, Brazil April 17-19, 2007 Mexico City, Mexico May 16-18, 2007 Attendees can also choose to attend one of two bonus developer days:

* NetBeans Day - See first-hand how the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) can help developers become more productive with its unmatched out-of-the-box experience. Members of the NetBeans team will discuss what's new in the IDE, the Platform and the Add-on Packs. More information is available at: http://www.netbeans.org/community/articles/worldtour/index.html.

* OpenSolaris Day - Learn about OpenSolaris from its community members. Discussion topics will include: Building and Deploying OpenSolaris, Virtualization, Security, and POD - Performance, Observability, Debugging. More information is available at: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=11894&tstart=0

All Sun Tech Days conferences will also include JavaU training as an ancillary event. JavaU is a proven program that provides developers access to Sun's master instructors, senior engineers and deep-dive subject matter experts.

Sun's Developer Services programs (http://developers.sun.com/services ) offer Java technology and Solaris OS developers a complete line of developer how-to help, product support and updates, and training that reduces time and risk for the entire application lifecycle -- from development through deployment. Java technology developers are also encouraged to join the Sun Developer Network Program, at no cost, by registering online at: http://developers.sun.com/register .

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.com.

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, NetBeans, OpenSolaris and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Contact: Jacki DeCoster of Sun Microsystems, +1-415-294-4482, or jacki.decoster@sun.com.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

CONTACT: Jacki DeCoster of Sun Microsystems, +1-415-294-4482, orjacki.decoster@sun.com

Web site: http://sun.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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