Wednesday, February 14, 2007

JXTA P2P Open Connected Network Devices

"JXTA™ technology is a set of open protocols that allow any connected device on the network ranging from cell phones and wireless PDAs to PCs and servers to communicate and collaborate in a P2P manner. JXTA is the industry-leading P2P technology, supported by over 30,000 members worldwide with downloads exceeding 12 Million."

See http://www.jxta.org/

Project JXTA Objectives:

* Interoperability - across different peer-to-peer systems and communities
* Platform independence - multiple/diverse languages, systems, and networks
* Ubiquity - every device with a digital heartbeat

The possibilities:

* Find peers and resources on the network even across firewalls
* Share files with anyone across the network
* Create your own group of peers of devices across different networks
* Communicate securely with peers across public networks

1 comment:

Arun Kumar said...

You might find this interesting: one startup's experience with using JXTA to build a collaboration application: http://www.kerika.com/2007/06/why-we-chose-jxta.html