Large-Scale Client Deployment Using Java Web Start Software
TS-3212

FIDUCIA IT AG, the largest IT provider for German cooperative banks, has relied on Java technology since 1998. From the beginning, FIDUCIA has deployed Java technology-based, rich client applications on the more than 100,000 systems on its network. At first, deployment was done via CDs, but since 2002 FIDUCIA has been relying on Java Web Start software for all client-related deployment tasks.

This presentation gives a short overview of how Java Web Start software is working and then covers the environment in which Java Web Start software is used at FIDUCIA.

Then it discusses whether it is possible to deploy 120-MB classes worth of JAR files over a wide-area network with limited bandwidth. The speaker then introduces the measures FIDUCIA has taken to guarantee delivery of software updates and patches while preventing excessive load on its WAN.

The next part of the presentation covers why it is important to FIDUCIA and its banks that software versions can be individually configured for each bank and how this can be achieved with Java Web Start software.

The last part of the session covers common pitfalls and bugs in Java Web Start software that have been identified and fixed together with Sun staff.

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