Wednesday May 09, 2007

As written yesterday Ericsson will open source its SIP stack through project SailFin. Sun will use the SIP stack, integrated with GlassFish, to develop a SIP-enabled, IMS-ready app server, aka Sun Java System Communications Application Server. Ericsson will then license back the comms app server and embed it into its infrastructure software and applications.

Why is this relevant? The convergence between IT and Telecommunications Industry is one key trend to allow this portability of services across networks and devices. This will drive new kind of applications, connected to the network and communicating over the network. This will bring IT and telco industry together.

In order to support the convergence between these two industries, Sun and Ericsson will join forces to offer third party developers access to converged services delivery platforms through their respective developer programs.

And to be honest: This was one of the exciting things I was asked to drive on the last months. And now - it's life. Up and running! Fantastic.

Why do we do this? We want to speed up the market. By building on existing programs and relationships with developers on each side, Ericsson and Sun aim to attract, educate and offer the tools, infrastructure and network testing environments for developers and ISVs. This means new kind of applications because of new technology. And because Ericsson and Sun are also committed to providing these supporting technical programs and testing capabilities, developers will be able to more easily prepare and verify applications for use in the new environment.

Actually this is a great thing. If you want to be part of this initiative go to http://java.sun.com/javame/partners/