Sun Microsystems pours some new Java; programming language to run on servers, appliances

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Sun Microsystems is planning to announce enhancements to the Java programming language at its annual Java conference in April 1997. The technological advancements include increased speed for Java programs, enhanced security, and Java programs for consumer information appliances. Sun is extending Java's enterprise capabilities, making it possible to develop complex business and manufacturing applications in the less-than-2-year-old language. Microsoft officials claim that Java does not pose a threat to the extremely popular Windows NT platform's position in the enterprise, but market research indicates that businesses are very interested in Java-based applications. Already, 4% of large companies use Java for important applications, and 92% expect to use Java somewhat by 1999. 56% of corporate users expect to use Java for mission-critical applications. Sun's Java allies include IBM, Oracle, Novell and Netscape, all of whom would benefit from the dismantling of the Microsoft empire.

Product development, Application development software, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Company technology development, Java (Programming language), Java (Computer program language), Java

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Microsoft starts selling Exchange Server in fierce challenge to IBM's Lotus Notes

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The release of Microsoft's Exchange Server is expected to increase competition with IBM's Lotus Notes in the workgroup software market. Microsoft claims that Exchange Server will cost $65 per-user in a typical 100-user environment, while IBM suggests that Notes costs only $74 per-user in the same configuration after recent price reductions. IBM Lotus executives claim they are anxious to compete with the true Exchange Server product rather than industry speculation as to what Microsoft's technology might actually bear. Microsoft officials indicate that the product's delay in release is because of the numerous quality-control tests that the company has performed on the software.

Software Publishers, Communications Software NEC, Software, Product information, Microsoft Corp., Marketing, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Technology application, MSFT, Telecommunications software, Product application, Work group computing, Workgroup software, Workgroup computing, Groupware, Product marketing strategy, Lotus Notes (Workgroup software), Microsoft Exchange Server (Workgroup software)

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