http://siliconisland.woodencube.com/blog/rss en-us 40 Representative Klaatu Nu of Sun Microsystems, the innovative industry leader in servers, storage, software and services with 100% focus on network solutions, announced on March, 9th 2007 that they will sponsor the International Technology Expo on Silicon Island, and will provide 100 free hours on the Sun Grid to each ITE attendee - exhibitors and visitors. More information about the Sun Grid Compute Utility can be found at http://www.network.com. <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR /> <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR />Sun Microsystems support to the ITE shows corporate interest in SL product developments, and its sponsorship adds credibility to the already strong list of vendors at the ITE. As a sponsor Sun Microsystems, will receive brand presence throughout all the marketing materials, as well as within the architecture of the Technology Center on Silicon Island's Silicon City. <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR /> <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR />Klaatu Nu of Sun Microsystems sees great value in metaverse technology and hopes to develop more integrative systems between metaverse technology and internet and intranet systems and this sponsorship into the ITE marks a new step in corporations harnessing the intellectual capital of the best business related product produced in SL by its residents. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:49:00 +0000 http://siliconisland.woodencube.com/2007/3/21/sun-microsystems-sponsors-the-internatio http://siliconisland.woodencube.com/2007/3/21/sun-microsystems-sponsors-the-internatio Silicon Island, Second Life, March 1, 2007: Silicon Island is hosting an International Technology Expo 2007 next month honoring excellence in Second Life technology, announced Liam Kanno, founder of the V3 Group. The ITE will be held the weekend of April 20, 21 and 22 from noon until 6 pm PDT each day. <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR /> <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR />The expo is dedicated to showcasing the most innovative business related products created by SL residents in world and off world for businesses operating in Second Life - telecommunications, construction tools, web-based interactive linking, content management, advertising, and third party innovations. <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR /> <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR />Liam Kanno, Second Life resident and Silicon Island developer, said that during this special weekend of activities developers such as: Wiz Nordberg will launch his telecommunication product SoundReach; Afalalota Cummings will present the current research findings on The Lag Project; and Jarek Dejavu will demonstrate his AV speech Tool in addition to other vendors, who will offer scheduled presentations on their products and be interviewed on SLBC-Radio.com by Shaft Seattle. Other presenters included in the 35 plus exhibitors will be from EML Entertainment, KONSTRUKT magazine, Avastar magazine, and SL residents such as Tyken Hightower of K.R. Engineering, Skidz Tweak of Skidz Prims, LukeConnell Vanderverre of the World Stock Exchange, Fallon Winnfield of Secondtalk.com, Hal9k Andalso of Fabjectory.com, Cherub Spectre of PixelTrix, Dalian Hansen and Damek Treiak of SLQuery.com, Andy Enfield of Hippotech, and Axle Castro of Catalyst to name just a few. In addition Klaatu Nu will represent Sun Microsystems. <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR /> <WC:BR><br/><WC:BR />ITE 2007 is open to everyone and has free admission. Those that are interested in attending, but not yet a Second Life resident one can register for a free membership at www.secondlife.com. For additional information about vendor registration or corporate sponsorship please contact event coordinator Kelly Emms in-world. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:46:00 +0000 http://siliconisland.woodencube.com/2007/3/21/press-release-international-technology-e http://siliconisland.woodencube.com/2007/3/21/press-release-international-technology-e