July meeting of the Mountain View Java Users Group

Date: Wednesday, July 28th, 1999
Time: 7.00pm-9.00pm
Location: California Zephyr Room, Building One (SC1) Bay Networks
 see directions below

Agenda:
7.00 to 7.05-Announcements
7.05 to 8.15-Distributed Computing with Jini
by Doug Sutherland, Staff Engineer, Java Software division, Sun Microsystems
8.30 to 8.45-Q&A
8.45 to 9.00-Product Demos

(All are welcome, no membership fee, no prior reservation necessary)
Note: For the "Announcements" section if you have something you would like announced, or any "News" (upcoming conferences, information about similar groups, applets...etc) please send mail to (Sudhakar Ramakrishnan) sudha@best.com prior to the meeting. A bulletin board would be placed for product announcements/job openings/miscellaneous announcements.

Distributed Computing with Jini

By Doug Sutherland

This talk will provide an introduction to the Jini architecture and explore how JINI can be used to solve distributing computing problems such as partial network failure. It will include a Jini overview, architecture discussion, and some case examples of how Jini might be used in networked appliances in the future. It will also describe the JavaSpaces transaction service, and will include some live demos of invoking Jini services over the Internet.

Biography: Doug Sutherland

Doug Sutherland is a staff engineer and technology evangelist in the Java Software division at Sun Microsystems. He specializes in distributed computing with Jini, and evangelizes the potential of inter-connectivity between tiny embedded microprocessors and software services via the global Internet. He has published several papers about Java RMI, and spends a lot of time educating software developers worldwide about Sun technologies. He has an extensive background in enterprise computing, but is now focused on leveraging the network for industrial automation, scientific application, consumer electronics, and other network services.

Directions:

Bay Networks
California Zephyr Room, Building One (SC1)
4401 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA

From 101 North - SF Area

take 101 South
(Approximately 25 miles from SFO)
Exit Great America Parkway, turn left onto Great America Parkway, 1/4 mile Bay Networks is located at the corner of Great America Parkway & Mission College Blvd. Building One (SC1) is @ 4401 Great America Parkway - Santa Clara. Go into the lobby. California Zephyr Room is located on the first floor on the right hand side.

From 101 South Area:

take 101 North
(Approximately 4 miles)
Exit Great America Parkway, turn right onto Great America Parkway, 1/4 mile Bay Networks is located at the corner of Great America Parkway & Mission College Blvd.

It is advised that if you are coming from the Peninsula take 280 South and make an interchange @ 92 East to 101 South (Follow other directions from there).
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