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To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (13977)	1/26/1999 2:54:00 AM
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Monday January 25, 7:00 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Motorola Motorola and SUN Partner on 'Piano' and Jini(TM) Technologies SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola (NYSE: MOT - news) today announced its intention to bring together Sun's Jini(TM) technology and a newly developed Motorola networking software research and development project presently code-named ''Piano.'' In Piano, Motorola envisions a future in which most electronic devices are aware of other nearby electronic devices and are capable of wirelessly networking with them. When these Piano-enabled devices come into physical proximity with one another, they automatically detect each other's presence. They then exchange enough information, either automatically or under user control, to determine whether further communication between the devices is warranted. If it is, a temporary wireless network -- a ''just-in-time intranet'' -- is established so that either device can use the services of the other. Jini is a SUN research and development project that dramatically expands the power of Java(TM) technology. Jini technology enables spontaneous networking of a wide variety of hardware and software, designed to dramatically simplify interaction with networks. Using Piano and Jini technology, people with Piano-enabled devices such as PDAs, cell phones, pagers, and other mobile devices, can create a dynamic and untethered personal networking space in the area immediately around them. As a person's space moves about with him or her, it interacts with similarly enabled spaces surrounding other people or electronic devices. Among these devices, Sun and Motorola envision small Jini-equipped ''pods'' or gateways into local intranets or the Internet itself. From these pods, the services of a Jini-enabled world then become accessible. While the Piano software technology can work with virtually any radio or infrared technology, Motorola has focused to date on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group(SIG) plans for low-cost, short-range, wireless data communication. Motorola is working within the SIG to add the Piano 'service discovery' architecture to the Bluetooth specification. Motorola also plans to make the Piano software widely available to software and application developers as an open specification. ''Jini connective technology and Piano software technology are complementary and mutually reinforcing,'' said Bill Joy, Sun Founder and Chief Science Officer. ''The Piano implementation of proximity-based networking, combined with the services delivered transparently through the power of Jini technology, will enable people with portable or wearable devices to access a networked community simply and effectively.'' ''Like Jini, we see the Piano technology as an enabling platform,'' says David Leeper, Vice President of Technical Staff and Director of Personal Area Networking, Motorola Internet Connectivity Solutions Group. ''We foresee thousands of professional and consumer applications that can use this platform, and a transparent, tetherless connection to Jini-based services is among the most powerful.'' The Motorola Internet and Networking Group (ING) delivers Smart Access Solutions to connect people and organizations in a world of converging communications. ING provides a full complement of wireline and wireless access solutions, including corporate networking, broadband communications, wireless content services and platform software. Please visit www.mot.com/internet for more information. Motorola is a global leader in advanced electronic systems and services. It liberates the power of technology by creating software-enhanced products that provide integrated customer solutions and Internet access via wireless and satellite communications, as well as computing, networking, and automotive electronics. Motorola also provides essential digital building blocks in the form of embedded semiconductors, controls and systems. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion. Motorola is a trademark of Motorola Inc. All rights reserved. Sun and Jini are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. SOURCE: Motorola