Sun has Java, but where is its web service?
Date: September 18, 2001 www.zdnet.com.cn
In several software vendors (such as IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Oracle) For new software strategies, Sun Microsystem's software games seem to push it into its brilliance. It hopes to become a web service The initiator and leader's plan seems to be a lonely reward. SUN has recently declared a new main strategy. However, from the perspective of the "Software as a Service" Solutions, it is getting Web The ambiguous attitude of ambitions in the program of the service is also possible.
An obvious sign of the head-up? The concept of web services is to use loose coupled messages (and more and more, relying on the XML interface), and software processes are "service" for some specific users. As early as 1998 In the year, Sun's CEO, Scott McNealy, with Oracle's Larry Ellison, predicted that the service function on the Web will replace the application. With this prophecy, there are also network applications, connect the Internet, mobile devices (Written with Java), content storage, and even web applications that provide this new feature, which have caused many discussions on the application service provider (ASP).
Many of these phenomena - as part of other functions - all in Microsoft's .NET strategy, Microsoft has proclaimed it for a long time. Now, when Sun is quite valuable, Java gradually enters the mainstream Everyone thinks it is playing a game that caught up with a game to keep your leadership.
Don't make mistakes: Sun understands computational and system services. This software vendor has a leading position from the IS file system to its storage, operating system, and application middleware (iS file). Even Even Java JCP has also added an application programming interface (API) facing the service-oriented calculation.
The concept of Sun One and smart services However, there is no indication that Sun's special Web service strategy begins until it announced its Sun Open Network Environment (One) in January 2001. Sun One introduced smart services and Context-sensitive web services concept. Smart services have become context sensitive to make developers and users can make decisions based on identity, location, authorization, or time, etc., but Sun is not supported by simple Web service standards. What is actual support. The idea of smart services has some details, and Gartner believes that Sun cannot achieve any practical progress in this area before the second half of 2002. Even if it has been bigger and has been The released Java Jini is also not a short-term goal of smart services. Although the concepts in Jini may gradually implement the product in several generations.
Sun One's greatest advantage is its greatest disadvantage. Because Sun has long stated that its products and services are a service-oriented network, this seriously relying on new ideas can make many companies think Sun One did not provide something at all.
However, some of Sun One cannot make Sun's marketing situation (such as support for SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, and other Web Services concepts). These concepts and other aspects of Sun One show SUN hopes Help define the intent of Web services. The introduction of its opponent Microsoft's Web service technology shows that it will not compete in software architecture, although there is a war's atmosphere. JXTA has also been introduced as a new technology. People's confusion. JXTA is mainly a point-to-point technology, and it is overlapping with the concept of web services. Although JXTA is positioned blurred, it will eventually play an important role in Sun's Web service strategy.
The role of Java played in Web services is ironic. It is ironic that Java's release allows Sun to achieve huge success in providing software modules necessary by the Web Send Service. Java represents the development-based and service-oriented software. Mainly developed and running the platform. In the Java community (that is, JCP, a organization dedicated to upgrading Java "standards), this is not murdered.
Not long ago, JCP added XML and service-based API standards in Java 2 Enterprise (J2EE), and new recommendations were still considering. SUN is the main participants developed by XML standards, but the XML is more Early participation did not make it a leader in XML use, which also restricted Sun. Although XML has entered the Java World (JAX API), it is still not positioned to enhance the company and enterprises The main mechanism of sending a web service between a different technological architecture. In consideration of Sun's difficulties experienced in the process of successful languages and platforms accepted by the platform, all of this can be understood. It works in terms of platform to reach the vertex with the release of J2EE, J2SE and J2ME standards. But pay attention to these platforms makes Sun to provide more styles in applications and service sendments. Net is similar)
Views of Web Services We believe that JCP will continue to increase Web service for Java platforms. Moreover, to 2002 Java platform will support important web service standards. However, in 2003, in 80% of the project, Java development The main user of the platform will still focus on programmers who write business programs, rather than those of the company departments to prepare business solutions for commercial processing (the possibility of 0.8). This means discussions on Web services will Concentrated Java or .NET as a platform and tend to forget the web service itself. The goal of the web service is to enhance the process-oriented platform so that the technology is more quickly integrated and established. Java can help, But it does not solve most of the highly outstanding problems.
Post-sun-one: Probably evaluation of Sun Company
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Sun One Strategy is too late. Although it launched a complete software drawing for Sun, the standard for Web services seems to be two. Therefore, Sun is a leader in Web service released. Aspects faces challenges. With Sun ONEs, Sun needs to join a clear "leadership concept" throughout the strategy, not just Sun company wants to go.
What is the next step? The very large part of Sun's propaganda is about "SERVICES On Demand", here Web services play a central role. Although we have so far, we are not very good for this strategy. Understand, but in the next year, Sun's Web service products will increase some new things. However, before this strategy released, we also have difficulties in determining that Sun Company brought "Dragon" or "insect".
Summary Sun is struggling to catch your leaders. In the following two years, Sun Company not only adds to the Java Web Service API to create a point of view: Sun is indispensable. However, The idea of Web services If you don't act as a complete effort to resolve service registration, message sending, trading partner standard, and industrial standards will not be optimistic.
Sun also needs to take a place for Java in the world of Web services, and Java in this area is not the only platform that can create opportunities in future business. The company will see Sun One as a web service of the iceberg, hope At the end of 2001, 2002 Sun's product provides a stronger support for web services.
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