Open Jive Regional Challenge 2009 Grand Finals
The Open Jive Regional Challenge 2009 Grand Finals, held on 28 July at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, was a huge success, thanks to everyone's support.
This year's Open Jive Challenge saw over one hundred project submissions from the five participating countries. After a month of local finals, the top team from each country was selected to pitch their projects to a panel of judges and an audience of professional developers.
The students' projects showed how the Open Source movement is a global force that enables students, developers and professionals from all over the world to make positive change.
CDSTrio emerged as the Grand Champions with their application, "SmartShop".
CDSTrio’s application enables online shoppers to ‘try on’ apparel when buying from e-commerce sites. Their application, built on Java technology, beat the remaining four teams from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines to come up tops and claim the prize of Open Jive Regional Challenge Grand Champion.
For their effort, CDSTrio received US$3,000 cash and a Regional Grand Champion Challenge trophy. Each member also received an Apple MacBook 13-inch and Sun Learning Services Examination Vouchers worth approximately US$200.
Below is the list of the other winners:
Sun Technology Award – MDG (Malaysia)
Sun Entrepreneurial Spirit Award – Frisky Wyvern (Thailand)
Sun Developers' Choice Award – CDS Trio (Singapore)
Elixir Market Potential Award – CDS Trio (Singapore)
Even though the competition has ended, you are still encouraged to share your Open Jive experience. We are extending the deadline till 10 August. Share your Open Jive experience by emailing us the links to your blogs at openjive-ext@sun.com. The winner of the best blog entry wins an Ipod Touch!
Finally, thanks to everyone for making the Open Jive Regional Challenge 2009 Grand Finals a resounding success!
Best regards,
Sun Microsystems
The organizer reserves the right to make any changes to the challenge.
If you have any questions, please send an email to openjive-ext@sun.com.
