Special Features:
SUN PROJECT JXTA SPEEDS
PEER-TO-PEER TECH
Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced in a press teleconference that more than
one
million developers have downloaded Project JXTA from the Sun Web site. JXTA is
the only open source, standards-based, peer-to-peer technology that supports
collaboration and communication on any networked device anywhere, anytime. Sun
also announced that the National Association of Realtors and the National
Association of Convenience Stores are implementing JXTA-based applications and
that InView Software and Internet Access Methods have released commercial
products based on JXTA.
This major milestone highlights the mounting adoption of JXTA for
peer-to-peer
application and service deployment. With initiatives like JXTA, Sun is leading
the charge in enabling companies to profit from open source computing.
"Our JXTA based solution allows distributed property listing data sources
to
participate in a listing search without the need to have the listing data
aggregated in a single database," said Aubrey Jackson, strategic architect,
National Association of Realtors. "By allowing listing owners to maintain
their data, updates are reflected immediately making the most current
information always available."
"The promise of peer-to-peer computing is that devices will be able to
communicate and collaborate across a wide variety of operating systems and
networked devices ranging from sensors to cell phones to desktops to super
servers," said John Fowler, chief technology officer, Software, Sun
Microsystems. "Project JXTA is the first peer-to-peer platform that delivers
on that promise. Recent commercial deployments clearly illustrate the power
and versatility of JXTA for creating applications that interact in new
ways."
The open source community of more than 12,700 members has evolved Project
JXTA
into an open set of XML-based protocols for creating peer-to-peer style
network computing applications and services quickly and easily. The community
is also releasing JXTA Version 2.0, which offers enhanced scalability and
performance.
"Our community chose Project JXTA technology for peer-to-peer
communications
because devices in convenience stores use different operating systems and are
supplied by multiple vendors," said John Hervey, chief technology officer,
National Association of Convenience Stores. "As open source, Project JXTA and
peer-to-peer enables us to create low cost networks at the convenience stores
with no single point of failure."
JXTA-Based Commercial Applications
InView Software and Internet Access Methods are part of a range of
companies
that are expected to release commercial products that leverage the
collaborative strengths of the JXTA platform this year.
InView Software developed its Momentum application using JXTA technology as
its peer-to-peer communications infrastructure layer. Momentum enables file
sharing and collaboration between users on the Solaris Operating Environment,
Linux and Windows workstations. Users create workspaces containing files that
they would like to share, and then invite other users to join that workspace.
Momentum users can work collaboratively on documents such as drawings, charts,
or timelines.
Internet Access Methods built IAM-Developing, a collaborative Java
Integrated
Development Environment (IDE), using JXTA technology. IAM-Developing works
across multiple plaforms. The product enables multiple developers to work
securely on the same piece of source code, and see modifications made by
others in real time across corporate firewalls.
About Project JXTA
JXTA is an open, generalized peer-to-peer platform that allows any
connected
device on the network to communicate and collaborate. Sun Microsystems
developed and released JXTA to the open source community in April 2001. JXTA
can be applied across multiple platforms including the Java 2 Platform,
Standard Edition (J2SE), Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME), C
language, and others. Any device on the network including cell phones, two-way
pagers, electronic sensors, PDAs, desktop computers and servers, can be
connected using JXTA.
Sun's technical consulting arm, Sun Professional Services, is at the
forefront
of helping organizations leverage JXTA to deliver services to the Web, and to
engineer architectures to support pervasive -- any device, anywhere, any time
-- access. In 2002, JXTA technology was awarded the "Most Innovative Java
Product or Technology Award" from JavaWorld Magazine and the "Outstanding
Group Contribution to Java Technology" from JavaPro Magazine.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a
leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that
make the Net work.
Web site: sun.com/
Web site: www.jxta.org
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