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On July 22nd we announced the availability of Java Communications Suite 6., which includes the new Convergence web client,
push e-mail support and a host of other features. These new capabilities and enhancements make Communications Suite 6 an even stronger
alternative to Microsoft Exchange, while enabling leading Telco and cable companies to provide their subscribers with seamless new services
leading to increase customer growth and delight.

The Sun Java Communications Suite delivers industry leading email, calendaring and real time collaboration functionality for service provider
and large organizations worldwide. It provides an extensible, standards-based development platform, offering improved performance, reliability
and scalability at a lower TCO.

Communications Suite Components Services                                                    

Message access and message management
Calendar Service and group scheduling
Instant Messaging, Presence and Chat
Centralized Address Book

Access

Sun Convergence – a complete webclient
Outlook Connectivity
Mobile Sync

Administration and Configuration

Delegated Administration
New Communications Suite Installer

What's New

This Communications Suite release includes many new features, including:

• Sun Convergence communications client

• New subscription-based pricing model for point products

• New Messaging Server features include:

  • Very large mailbox support

  • Message store database rolling backup

  • Additional LEMONADE support for mobile messaging

• New Instant Messaging Server features include:

  • Javascript API

  • Peer-to-peer voice chat

  • IMPS protocol support

• New Outlook Connector features include:

  • Support for Vista

  • Support for Outlook 2007

  • Support for large PST files

• An entirely new Communications Suite installer

  Sun Convergence:                                
  

  Sun Convergence is an elegant and powerful web client for the Java Communications Suite. It provides a unique and highly useful web communication and collaboration experience through a rich mash up of email, calendaring, contacts,presence, instant messaging and other web services.

  
  

Key Benefits

• Convergence, built on top of the highly scalable, secure and standards based services within the Java Communications Suite, is designed to scale from thousands to millions of users.

• Convergence's rich integration of email, calendaring, contacts and instant messaging helps users to save time and better organize information, schedule events and tasks and consequently be more productive

• With drag and drop, right click context menus and keyboard shortcuts Convergence provides a desktop-like experience with the power of anytime, anywhere access of the web

• Convergence can be easily customized and integrated with other web services to create a highly differentiated and personalized user experience
  
  
  
  Please come give it a test drive at : Test Drive Convergence

  Userid : field1 / Password: cosmo
  Or to learn more :  www.sun.com/comms