Software Engineering Research Group
When Things Talk To Things – Services Serving
Services
Jini: The End of Protocols as We Know Them
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.
