Sun Microsystems Joins Liferay Open Source Community
Sun's new Web platform to leverage core elements of Liferay Portal 5.0
SAN FRANCISCO, JAVAONE (SM) CONFERENCE -- May 7, 2008 – Liferay, Inc., provider of the leading enterprise open source portal, today announced that Sun Microsystems will formally be joining the Liferay open source community and will continue to contribute to the development of Liferay Portal. Sun's participation in Liferay's community will result in enhanced development of enterprise Web 2.0 features and optimized performance for Liferay Portal in combination with Sun's family of products.
Sun and Liferay plan to separately market and sell products and services based on their collaboration. Sun plans to use core elements of Liferay Portal 5.0 as the foundation for Sun's next generation web development and collaboration platform. In addition, Liferay will continue to offer the full suite of professional services and support for all platforms it already offers its customers.
"Sun's participation in Liferay's community is an indication of its strength and the quality of the software we've produced," said Bryan Cheung, Liferay's CEO. "Our commitment to open standards means Liferay easily integrates with the Sun family of products. We are pleased that Sun has chosen to participate with us in building great software to serve our communities."
"Collaborating and innovating with the Liferay community is an exciting project as we develop the right Web 2.0 tools and technologies for participants in the Network Economy," said Karen Tegan Padir, Vice President of engineering, Software Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems. "It's clear that open source is the right approach and the communities that create them are increasingly interconnected and play a role in next generation platforms."
Liferay Portal is now available in version 5.0 with new features such as:
- Enhanced collaboration capabilities, including community-centric blogs, message boards, wikis, and social computing capabilities
- Unique support for multiple languages including PHP and Ruby
- An integrated content management system
- Ability to leverage iGoogle gadgets directly within its portal deployments
- Ability to publish portlets directly to the MySpace and Facebook networks
To ensure its feature set is relevant and reliable, Liferay powers its own developer community at Liferay.com using the product directly.
"Liferay is supported by an amazing community that has grown organically over the last nine years, and by using our own product we've ensured it meets real needs," said Brian Chan, Liferay's founder and Chief Software Architect. "Sun's participation will further multiply the impact of the unique contributions of each community member and also bring deeper understanding of the unique demands of Sun's enterprise customers."
Liferay Portal continues in its popularity with 50,000 downloads every month for a total of 1.4 million in its lifetime, and over 8000 registered users on its website. Liferay's community has seen tremendous growth with a thirty percent increase in registrants in just the last six months. Recognized as part of the EContent100 most important content-related technologies in 2006 and 2007, and as the "Best Open Source Portal" by InfoWorld in 2007, Liferay powers major websites and applications for such companies as Lufthansa Flight Training, Borland, SpringSource (formerly Interface21), and HanseMerkur Insurance.
About Liferay, Inc.
Liferay, Inc. is the provider of Liferay Portal, the world's leading enterprise open source portal framework, with Fortune 500 clients worldwide. Liferay Professional Services offers technical support, custom development and professional training to ensure successful deployment of its flagship product in the most demanding IT environments. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Frankfurt and Dalian PRC. For more information, please visit http://www.liferay.com.
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