Edustructures Joins Sun's iForce Community to Deliver SIF Solutions on the Sun Platform
Java™ Technology Powers SIFWorks® Zone Integration Server and SIFWorks® Agent Developer Kit (ADK®) for Secure, Seamless Interaction and Standards-based Data Sharing Among a Variety of Software Applications
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - July 20, 2004 - Edustructures today announced that it has
joined Sun's iForce community to deliver SIF solutions based on the Sun
platform to K-12 school districts and state departments of education nationwide.
The Java™ technology-based SIFWorks® Enterprise Zone Integration Server (ZIS)
and the SIFWorks ADK® are built on the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)
specification, and are designed to enable secure data sharing across multiple
software applications.
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"Java technology is at the heart of our leading SIF solutions," says Eric Petersen,
Chief Technology Officer of Edustructures. "The security and reliability provided by
the Java platform are exactly what schools need for their critical enterprise data,
and the availability of Java technology on multiple platforms lets schools scale up
as they need. We have districts running on many different operating systems and
hardware platforms. We're especially proud of a recent statewide project that is
deploying the SIFWorks ZIS on enterprise-class Sun Fire™ servers; we think
that's a winning combination for large districts as well as statewide SIF
implementations."
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"Sun has been involved with SIF since the beginning," says Larry Nelson of Sun.
"SIF has truly taken the next step in the education market by moving out of the lab
and becoming a reality over the past two years, and SIFWorks solutions on our Java
technology have had a major impact on SIF's growth. As a multi-vendor network
infrastructure specification, SIF makes the Net work for education, and we look
forward to many more SIFWorks implementations in schools, districts, and states
across the nation."
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With the SIFWorks ZIS, schools, districts and states can effectively and securely
share information across diverse software programs. Already dozens of school
districts representing hundreds of thousands of students are using SIFWorks and
Java technology-based SIF Agents to share data securely and seamlessly among
applications from multiple third-party vendors.
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"Our customers tell us they want scalability and platform flexibility, along with
rock solid reliability and security," says Steve Curtis, Chief Operations Officer
of Edustructures. "Working with Sun as part of their iForce community, we can help
fill this need."
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Sun's iForce Initiative is the collaboration of Sun and its partners working as
a community to address customer business issues. Through the creation, development
and delivery of proven solutions that can be implemented in less time and with
less risk, Sun and its partners enable customers to more quickly realize a return
on IT investment.
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About the Schools Interoperability Framework
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The Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) is a nonprofit organization driven by
K-12 education technology providers and users to revolutionize the management and
accessibility of data within schools, school districts, and states. SIF will
enable diverse applications to interact and share data efficiently, reliably, and
securely, regardless of the platform hosting the applications. SIF has united over
120 education technology providers, school districts, state departments of
education, and the U.S. Department of Education in an unprecedented effort to
give teachers more time to do what they do best: teach. For further information,
visit www.sifinfo.org.
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About Edustructures
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The education industry's first independent SIF application integrator, Edustructures
develops comprehensive application integration solutions built upon the Schools
Interoperability Framework (SIF) standard for K-12 school districts and state
departments of education. Edustructures is the first company dedicated to delivering
a truly independent enterprise application integration platform built on the SIF
standard. Through its SIFWorks® technology platform, comprehensive professional
services, and business relationships with technology providers and educators,
Edustructures connects the systems that power education. Contact Steve Curtis,
Chief Operations Officer of Edustructures at
scurtis@edustructures.com or by phone at 1-877-790-1261 ext. 913, or visit
www.edustructures.com
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SIF is a trademark of the Schools Interoperability Framework Association
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Edustructures is a trademark, and SIFWorks and ADK are registered trademarks of
Edustructures LLC in the United States and other countries.
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Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, iForce, Java and Sun Fire are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries.
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For more information, please contact:
Edustructures LLC
Sandra Richards, 1.877.790.1261 Extension 438
news@edustructures.com
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