Computer Science Seminar: Monday, April 15, 2002

Speaker:

Dr. rer. nat. Hellmuth Broda, CTO EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, Africa), Member Sun Vision Council, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Abstract:

Jini™ network technology provides a simple infrastructure for delivering services in a network and for creating spontaneous interaction between programs that use these services regardless of their hardware/software implementation.
Any kind of network made up of services (applications, databases, servers, devices, information systems, mobile appliances, storage, printers, etc.) and clients (requesters of services) of those services can be easily assembled, disassembled, and maintained on the network using Jini Technology. Services can be added or removed from the network, and new clients can find existing services - all without administration.
The capability to form spontaneous connections makes it unnecessary to agree on protocols (other than RMI, TCP/IP). With 80'000 developers and over 70 commercial licensees Jini is moving into the main stream of computing. The lease mechanism gives Jini its unsurpassed resilience and might lead to Jini becoming the new standard in our connected world.