Sun Comes Out Slinging With Web Services Strategy

Sun Microsystems unveiled its much-hyped Web services strategy Monday evening, culminating in a host of new and updated applications that integrate into what the company calls the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE), and vaulting the Palo Alto-based hardware and software giant into the arena with IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and, perhaps most vehemently, Microsoft.
Sun Microsystems unveiled its much-hyped Web services strategy Monday evening, culminating in a host of new and updated applications that integrate into what the company calls the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE), and vaulting the Palo Alto-based hardware and software giant into the arena with IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and, perhaps most vehemently, Microsoft.