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Start date: 1 November 1998
End date: 1 May 2000
Funding programme: JISC Technologies Application (JTAP) programme
Project website:
http://toomol.bangor.ac.uk/jini/
Jini technology arose from a Sun research and development project that is committed to dramatically simplifying interaction with networks. This new technology has the potential of making network services as ubiquitous as the telephone dial tone and enabling practically any intelligent electronic device as an instantly connected node on the network.
The Jini project was the 1994 inspiration of Sun cofounder and vice president Bill Joy at his Sun Aspen Smallworks R&D lab in Aspen, Colorado. With the creation of Sun's JavaTM technology, Joy saw the potential to leverage its power to create a ubiquitous network. The Java application environment provides a good computing platform for distributed computing, because both code and data can move from machine to machine.
This report will examine the implications of Jini and related technologies for UK Higher Education, paying particular attention to its impact on Virtual Learning Environments.