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JAVATM TECHNOLOGY IN THE REAL WORLD 1997-98
JavaReel | 1996 Success Stories

Here are some recent examples of JavaTM technology in action. Watch this space for more such articles in the coming months.

Mentor Graphics and ViewWare
Mentor Graphics' Cabling Group needed to build a schematic viewing application with unique features and functions in record time for a key market segment. They turned to Java technology.
September, 1998 Summary
Banking on Java Technology
Reliability, security, and overall performance are essentials in the world of online banking, and now Java technology is not only measuring up -- it is steadily empowering a financial services revolution.
August, 1998 Feature
Weatherlabs
At WeatherLabs, Inc., a mere dozen meteorologists and software developers manage more weather data in less time than a staff of 100, using Java technology.
July, 1998 Feature
Celebration School, Fla
The kids in this feature are celebrating a curriculum that thrives on Java technology and access to the Internet at Florida's Disney-inspired Celebration School.
May, 1998 Feature
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service uses Java technology and online forms to create dramatic time savings for its bulk mail customers. These "smart" forms provide automatic postage calculation, navigational prompts and error checking features that automate the documentation process and significantly reduce errors.
June, 1998 Feature
21st Century Telecom Group
Last year, 21st Century Telecom Group raised over $300 million to build a state-of-the-art fiber optic network and computing infrastructure, which broke ground in December 1997. 21st Century then engaged STR, a Chicago-based Sun Authorized Java Center, to design a total system administration package. Dubbed Management Suite.
March, 1998 Summary
University of Western Ontario
In January, the University's Information Technology Services (ITS) department set up ten JavaStationTM Network Computers from Sun Microsystems, Inc. as a pilot program to investigate the functionality of Network Computers and their potential in the university's academic computing facilities.
March, 1998 Summary
Prudential HealthCare
In an effort to elevate and improve its administration of health benefits to its customers, Prudential HealthCare looked to the Java Technology platform to develop the first-of-its-kind Web-based benefits administration system.
March, 1998 Summary
PHP Healthcare
With operation centers across the Eastern Seaboard, PHP needed to streamline the information flow throughout the organization while also lowering costs. The company decided on a Java Technology computing solution from Sun. The new architecture will allow users to access a variety of centrally managed software applications.
March, 1998 Summary
Saab Cars USA
Saab Cars USA is deploying The Saab Intranet Retailer Information System (IRIS), a Java Technology-based intranet to allow Saab retailers to track sales, service, warranty and parts information for Saab customers at its 225 retail and 20 service locations in the U.S.
March, 1998 Summary
AlliedSignal Inc.
AlliedSignal is building a network-centric, thin client application development architecture. JavaTM and network computers aid this process by allowing real-time instructions to be delivered directly to the manufacturing floor, thereby allowing the company to realize the significant cost benefits of centrally managed applications.
March, 1998 Summary
Ernst & Young, LLP
Drawing on their strength and expertise as a Sun Authorized Java Center and Sun Authorized Factory Services Provider, Ernst & Young, LLP collaborated with We Develop, Inc. to develop a Java-based application targeted for use internally in their Tax department.
March, 1998 Summary
Java Technology Goes to Harvard
A group of undergrads at Harvard University who volunteer at a "student-run high-tech perpetual start-up" have built a full-fledged Java application using Java Foundation Classes (JFC).
March, 1998 Feature
Xerox
Great products are important to a company, but equally important for success is internal management and problem-solving. Read how Xerox worked with Nestek developers on a Java-technology-based internal problem management system that made all the difference.
February, 1998
Java Technology Greets Superbowl Fans
During the Super Bowl, visitors interacted with Java applications on touch-screen kiosks deployed throughout the city. Read how the Java platform made it possible.
January, 1998
Service Merchandise
Service Merchandise is developing an online catalog application based on JavaTM Technology.
Fall, 1997 Short Profile
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster's NewsLink product takes a daily feed from the New York Times syndicate and reads about a thousand stories a day.
Fall, 1997 Short Profile
Sony Online Ventures
Sony is building an open API network that was based completely on server-side JavaTM technology.
Fall, 1997 Short Profile
Time Inc. New Media
Time Inc. New Media uses the JavaTM WebServerTM to serve three million pages per week.
Fall, 1997 Short Profile
Keck Observatory
On Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano stands a twin set of the world's most powerful telescopes. For this beautiful but difficult location, Keck developers built a distributed Java-based user interface that astronomers can use from home or anywhere on the Internet.
November, 1997
Risk Monitors
Expanding business at minimal expense. Risk Monitors distributed their in-house software to the external market with minimal expense using the Java platform.
October, 1997
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Mt. Sinai is using its recently implemented intranet and a Java-based workflow system to computerize the traditionally cumbersome task of issuing death certificates.
October, 1997
Bell Sygma
Java technology opens access inside and outside the enterprise. Using Java technology, Bell Sygma is able to give external, secure access to an internal database.
October, 1997
The Ontario College Application Service
OCAS recently selected the Java programming language as the basis for its Client Information System (CIS), an ambitious effort to provide a central system for managing admissions, curriculum, registration, enrollment and other functions at the 25 colleges. October, 1997
American Information Systems
American Information Systems is dedicated exclusively to implementing business systems across the Internet. After considering the issues of cross-platform compatibility, intuitive graphical user interface and real-time interactivity, AIS selected the Java programming language as it's development environment.
Ergon Informatik
Ergon Informatik is a leading software development firm and systems integrator based in Zurich, Switzerland. Through the use the Java development platform, Ergon created a Java-based application that retrieves product safety information from the corporate database and rolls it up so that it can be instantly browsed by Roche employees worldwide.
CSX Corporation.
CSX Corp. turned heads a year ago by deploying a mission-critical, enterprise-class application developed with Java technology. It is still turning heads with reports of hard dollar savings, increased return on investment (ROI), and very happy customers. Here is a look at what CSX reported at the April 1997 JavaOne developer conference.

Hubble Space Telescope
As Hubble orbits, quietly working away in the background is something called the Control Center System (CCS), a suite of Java applets that lets scientists and engineers control and monitor the Hubble from earth.
July, 1997
Mars Pathfinder Mission
On July 4th 1997, the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft landed on Mars, carrying a rover that is the first vehicle to drive on the surface of the planet.Nearly an eighth of a billion miles away, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Earth, are remotely commanding the rover.
July, 1997
Applix
Client-server expert Applix in Westboro, Massachussetts was one of the first major software vendors to embrace the Java platform. Witness their family of commercial application solutions called Anyware.
InfoSpace
Recognizing the importance of integrating database access into the expanding worlds of the Internet and intranets, InfoSpace, Inc. of San Mateo, California devised an innovative data access and analysis solution for the Web based on Java.
OpenConnect Systems
Legacy hosts, such as mainframe, midrange and minicomputer systems, are now being integrated into Web-based enterprise infrastructures, thanks to recent Java-based products from OpenConnect Systems Inc. of Dallas, Texas.
via World Network
A software development spin-off from Andersen Consulting, via World Network is developing a Java-based desktop travel planning and booking application.

More Features:

A Jolt of Efficiency
IDC, one of the world's most respected independent research organizations, has published a formal study on the comparative efficiency of development in Java technology, and your boss is going to like the results.
March, 1998 Summary
Java TechnologyTM and the New Economy
Welcome to the new networked economy, where the engine propelling the business is Java technology.
May, 1998
Industrial Strength: Enterprise JavaBeansTM
Portable, highly scalable, multiplatform, and simple-to-use, Enterprise JavaBeans takes "Write Once, Run AnywhereTM" to new heights in business application development.
April, 1998
Java Technology Means Business
BYTE Magazine surveyed nearly three hundred Java software developers to discover what the first wave of these pioneers think about the technology.
March, 1998
Internet Round Table: Enterprise Customers Serve Up Java Technology
A lunchtime session at Internet World brought together representatives from six companies actively enganged in using Java technology to create cross-platform solutions and innovative, portable products.
December, 1997
Java Gets Real
Countless companies are realizing real benefits today from Java. Recent testimonies from hundreds of Java enterprise partners and a host of mission-critical applications for major industries tell the story.
September, 1997
Java: End To End Solutions
The presence of Java technology has gained a foothold in the business world. Java is happening in a big way at big companies.
August, 1997
Power Tools for Any Environment: Java Foundation Classes Rule!
What do Home Depot and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have in common? Both are reaping the fruits of Java Foundation Classes to build intranet applications.
Network Computing and Java Technology
With the growth of the Internet and intranets, Computing services can be doled out from powerful servers to many different types of clients, includeing PCs, powerful workstations and a whole new class of simpler, easy to manage network appliances- the NC or network computer.
July, 1997

Software Reuse With Java Technology: Finding the Holy Grail

The quest for reusable software is as old as the software industry, but developers have found a new hope: the Java programming language. Companies, large and small, are hoping that Java technology will allow them to create software once and simply add to it as development continues.
May, 1997

 

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