Cliff SaranSun Microsystems is due to preview technology that will enable
disparate applications to use the same storage systems, reducing
cost and easing management.
The first version of Jiro, Sun's storage management technology,
will be shown next week at the JavaOne developers conference in San
Francisco.
Jiro is a Java-based middle layer of components and services
that facilitate connectivity between managed resources and
management applications. Its main use is as a management tool for
storage area networks.
Sun claims Jiro will enable IT systems on a corporate network to
be connected to any combination of routers and hubs using any
standard management protocol, such as the Web-based Enterprise
Management Protocol or Simple Network Management Protocol.
Speakers at JavaOne will include Sirl Davis from Deutsche Bank,
who has been working on Java-based development mixing XML, Cobol
and Oracle with Java applets and servlets.
Toni Merschen, director of chip card and access technology at
Citibank, is presenting a technical session discussing how to
deploying multi-application Java cards for securing enterprise
IT.
One of the key concerns of Java is the strength of its
cross-platform portability. This is expected to be an area Sun, IBM
and other companies supporting Java will address at the
conference.