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Service Research & Innovation Initiative Announces the Addition of Sun Microsystems

Posted on: Thursday, 14 June 2007, 21:13 CDT

The Service Research & Innovation Initiative (SRII) today announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc has joined 15 leading technology companies and academic researchers in their mission to increase the amount of funding for services research, development and innovation in the technology industry. Sun Microsystems will serve as an advisory board member for the SRII.

Sun has long been a driving force behind the development of industry standard technologies and practices. The company leverages its research and development for innovation in systems, storage, software and services. However, as customers increase demands for non-traditional services, Sun seeks to collaborate with other industry and academic leaders to determine how to drive service innovation across the industry.

"Sun works with many partners to service our customers, and we want to find ways to collaborate in an efficient and impactful way," said Jon Greaves, CTO of Services, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "When companies begin connecting partners, customers, vendors and others to deliver new services, security and privacy issues must be considered. Sun is looking to work with the SRII to create best practices around services delivery and innovation across the industry and the globe. We are excited to utilize the collective intelligence of the group to solve those problems."

By joining SRII, companies can engage in one to one relationships with academia to research and innovate around specific areas of interest and/or pool their R&D dollars with other organizations, governments or institutions, to influence the direction of innovation in the industry. SRII members will also gain access to a portal of information, including existing research, funding recommendations and market analysis papers. As the consortium gathers more industry data and participation, SRII anticipates periodically issuing reports on the state of the industry and further recommending best business practices.

For more information about the SRII Symposium, or to become a member of SRII, visit www.thesrii.org or email info@thesrii.org.

About the Service Research & Innovation Initiative

Jointly founded by IBM, Oracle, the Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA), and the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), the Service Research & Innovation Initiative (SRII) is a consortium of technology companies, government agencies and universities dedicated to fostering advancements in service research. The organization will accomplish this by raising awareness of this issue through conferences, symposia and the SRII Web site -- the informational hub for the effort. Members include Association for Services Management International (AFSMI), Cisco, EMC, HP, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Unisys, and Xerox. Academic and research institution participants include top researchers from UCLA, Cranfield School of Management, Council of Graduate Schools, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India, Wharton School of Business, Arizona State University, University of Maryland, University of California Silicon Valley Center at Santa Cruz and the Fraunhoffer Institute in Germany.

The SRII is headquartered in the Silicon Valley. Organizations who are interested in participating in and getting involved with the SRII should visit the Web site for more information -- www.theSRII.org.

Source: Business Wire

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