JavaZone 2008 - Agenda -

Java 6 update 10, ease of deployment and Java SE 7

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Introductory/Intermediate
Core Java

Room: Lab 2
Timeslot: 17.09.08 14:15
Speaker: Raghavan N. Srinivas

Java SE is on over 90% of desktops and Java ME is on over 90% of mobile phones. Java is also making a big dent in the consumer space such as set top boxes, Blu-Ray Disc players and so on. Although Java client technology is ubiquitous, consumer applications are not because development and deployment for consumers is still too hard.

The talk will explore the features that are being explored to create leaner and meaner JRE that eases deployment and installation. The features that are being looked into will ease start-up time, provide a quick launch and on-demand installation, among other things. The talk will explore the Java Kernel and other features that ease applet and application instantiation and deployment. We will also look at features that enable building richer client applications with Java SE 6 Update 10. The talk will also look into features of Java SE 7.

After attending this session attendees should be able to walk away with a good understanding of where the Java SE platform is headed and how this should ease their development and deployment concerns for consumers.

Raghavan N. Srinivas

Raghavan "Rags" Srinivas is the CTO of Technology Evangelism at Sun Microsystems looking at new technology directions and trends. His general focus area is in distributed systems, with a specialization in interoperability, mobility and security. He has spoken on a variety of technical topics at conferences around the world and teaches graduate classes in the evening. He publishes a standards column and has represented Sun at a number of standards bodies. He also serves in the organizing committee for several industry-wide technical conferences. Rags brings with him about 20 years of software development and about 7 years of technology evangelism experience. He worked for Digital Equipment Corporation before joining Sun. He has worked on several technology areas, including internals of VMS, Unix and NT. He has evangelized a number of technology areas including the early releases of Java, Java EE, Java and XML, Java ME, AJAX and Web 2.0 and so on. Rags holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Center of Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.