Java Everywhere

If technology touches your life, chances are, so does Java technology. Invented by Sun Microsystems in 1995, Java technology has become the essential ingredient of the digital experience for hundreds of millions of people in all walks of life, all over the planet.

Java software powers the onboard computers in toys, cars, planes, rockets, and even the NASA Mars Rover. It brings interactivity to the Internet, real-time graphics to television, instant imaging to cameras, and multi-player games to mobile phones and desktop PCs. It connects the largest enterprises and smallest businesses to their employees, customers, and data. And it secures the vast majority of electronic transactions in retail, finance, government, science, and medicine. In short, Java technology goes everywhere you go.

It's no wonder that Java technology has become the most powerful force in software and the most prevalent software in technology. In fact, it is the software of choice for more software engineers than any other brand of software.

If you're looking for a way to do something that's never been done before, and you want the most thrilling, efficient, fast, secure, animated, compatible, and reliable software for the job, you've come to the right place.

Java Everywhere

Facts and Figures Community Awards What's New

Java Technology Facts
The Java platform specifications and compatibility standards are controlled by the independent industry members of the Java Community Process Java software runs on more types of consumer and embedded devices, smart cards, ATMs, thin clients, PCs, servers, and mainframes than any other software Today's six million Java developers are one of the largest communities of software developers The annual JavaOne Developers Conference has been the largest gathering of software developers for over 10 years Sun estimates the total Java Economy to be more than (USD)$100 billion in sales annually driving an additional $110 billion in related IT spending The Java economy includes 2.5 billion smart cards, 800 million PCs shipped with Java, 1.85 billion Java Powered phones (source: Ovum), and over 180 telecom providers who deploy Java technology based content/services. Sun has recently released the source code for Java Platform Standard Edition, Java Platform Micro Edition and Java Platform Enterprise Edition under open source licenses.
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Recent Awards for Java Technology and Sun Microsystems
AUGUST 2007 Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards: Best Java Technical Article Best Java Virtual Machine Best Java Web Service Toolkit JUNE 2007 SD Times 100 List Open source Java was mentioned in the "Influencers" category GlassFish and Java were mentioned in the "Application Servers" category NetBeans was mentioned in the "Tools & Environments" category MARCH 2007 Dr. Dobb's Journal Jolt Awards NetBeans 5.5 in the "Best Development Environment" category NetBeans as a Productivity Winner in the "Collaboration Tools" category NetBeans Visual Web Pack as a Productivity Winner in the "Web Development" category NetBeans Mobility Pack and Sun Java Wireless Toolkit as a Productivity Winner in the "Mobile Development Tools" category Sun Developer Network was recognized as the "Best Web Sites/Developer Network" JANUARY 2007 InfoWorld's 2007 Technology of the Year Awards: NetBeans 5.5 was selected as the best Java IDE Innovator American Computer Weekly's "Top 10 Greatest IT People" James Gosling was ranked fourth DECEMBER 2006 O'Reilly's OnJava.com's 2006 Java Technology Winners and Losers: NetBeans won in the "Java IDE Platform/General Java Framework" category Java EE 5 won the "Java App Server" category Other Sun winners: Java ME and JRuby SEPTEMBER 2006 Java Developer's Journal Editor's Choice Awards: Sun Java Web Start technology NetBeans IDE 5.0 MAY 2006 CODIE Awards: NetBeans 4.1 was named "Best Software Development Solution" MARCH 2006 Developer.com 2006 "Product of the Year" Awards: JavaServer Faces won the "Framework of the Year" category Sun's Java Platform Micro Edition Wireless Toolkit won the "Wireless/Mobile Development Tool or Add-in of the Year" category (3rd year in a row) Sun Java Studio Creator won the "Java Tool/Add-in of the Year" category (2nd year in a row) Java EE 5.0 won the "Java Specification Request of the Year" category Sun Java System Identity Manager won the "Security Tool or Add-in of the Year" category FEBRUARY 2006 Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards: Java BluePrints won in the "Best Java Training" category Java SE won in the "Best Java Virtual Machine" category Java Studio Enterprise won in the "Best Java Application Development Framework" category 2005 SOA Web Services Journal Readers' Choice Awards: Java API for XML Processing won in the "Best XML Utility" category Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack Tutorial won in the "Best SOA or XML Training" category http://java.sun.com/webservices won in the "Best SOA or XML Site" category JWSDP XML and Web Services Security won in the "Best SOA Security Solution" category Sun Java System Portal Server won in the "Best SOA Portal Platform" category Java EE won in the "Best Web Services Platform" category Java Web Services Developer Pack won in the "Best Framework for SOA and Web Services" category NetBeans/Java Studio Enterprise won in the "Best SOA IDE" category Java API for XML Processing won in the "Best XML Parser" category JANUARY 2006 Dr. Dobb's Journal Jolt Awards: NetBeans 4.1
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Java Community
Consumers and Business Customer Community You are the Java community that matters the most. Your preference for Java applications and products that run them is the reason we're all here -- developers, licensees, providers, and partners. Now, Java software is running on your PC, printer, game console, TV, mobile phone, PDA, home thermostat, dishwasher, and car. And you keep asking for more. Join your online community of 15 million visitors a month who check out the boldest and newest Java applications at java.com. It's your marketplace. While you're there, download the latest Java Runtime Environment for your PC or Mac to run those apps faster. Additional software from Sun's software partners can be found at the Sun Partner Advantage Products catalog. Java.com Applications for Consumers and Businesses. Attracting 15 million consumer and business visitors a month looking for Java applications, java.com is a powerful market channel for your products, as well as a great place to get development tools and go-to-market advice Developer Community As a Java developer, you're part of the largest community of software engineers on the planet, now four million strong. Take advantage of Sun's vast developer resources and connections to other developers. java.sun.com: The Source for Java Developer Products and Technologies The Java industry's central resource for development, from the people who invented Java technology java.net: The Source for Java Technology Collaboration. Over 260,000 members collaborating on 3,000 Java software projects jcp.org - Java Community Process: Community Development of Java Technology Specifications An open, independent organization of 1,100 corporate and individual members who develop and revise the Java platform specifications, reference implementations, and test suites developers.sun.com: Advice, Best Practices, and Resources for Sun Developers Advice, products, and news for all Sun technology developers, including Solaris and Linux operating systems Open-Source Java Project Sun's Java implementation and Free Software unite. Partner Community The Sun Partner Advantage community is a network of partners who share Sun's technology, marketing, and sales resources. Sun Partner Advantage community: Build, Deploy, and Market Sun Platform Solutions Licensee Community See descriptions of Java technology licensees for each platform edition. These licensees offer Java technology specification compatibility and have met the requirements to display the Java brand logo. Java EE Licensees Java SE Licensees Java ME Licensees Java Card Licensees