Ericsson to contribute to open source application server and provide IMS support for developer communities
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced a collaboration agreement with Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) to develop an open source Java technology-based multimedia application server as well as a supporting program for the developer community. With this collaboration, Ericsson will contribute parts of its server development to the open source project GlassFish. The supporting program includes a variety of tools and expertise to support developer communities, as well as a possibility for developers to test their applications on a live IMS-based network. Claes Odman, head of Multimedia Solutions at