The Java Card Form is a collaboration of companies from the smart card, secure operating system, and secure silicon industry, working together to promote and develop Java as the preferred programming language for multi-application smart cards and secure devices.
The Java Card Forum celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Back in 1997 a small group of smart card companies came together to provide recommendations for specifications to Sun Microsystems for the Java Card platform. The Java Card Forum was formed and together have worked on enhancing the specification to meet the needs of the smart security industry. And after 20 years, their work remains as relevant today as it did back in the 90s, now looking to support new markets such as IoT.
We will be celebrating the Anniversary with many different posts and activities throughout the year, so make sure you sign-up to receive an email reminder about new posts – go to “FOLLOW NEW POSTS VIA EMAIL” in the right hand column and click on the Follow button.
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My, how we’ve changed…
In its 20 years of existence, the Java Card Forum has understood the importance of not only marketing Java Card technology, but the Forum itself. The main vehicle for showcasing the JCF has always been the internet, and over the years the website (and associated collateral) has undergone a couple of major changes.
Check out the original logo and website here.
A trip to the movies…
As part of our 20 Year Anniversary celebrations, we’ve looked back in the archives to find you some interesting testimonials over the years.
Back in 2010, Oracle (Sun Microsystems as it was back then) commissioned a series of interviews with leading telecommunication and smart card companies to share with the wider community why they were choosing Java Card technology, who was benefitting from the platform and how the technology would be deployed in the future.
Although these films were produced in the early days of Java Card 3.0, you can see how the industry already saw the technology as an important tool for value-added services in the telco sector.
Check out the videos here.
Reporting the evolution of Java Card technology over the years
Twenty years is a long time in the technology industry – trends come and go, products appear then disappear and even major shows and publications change their focus…The Java Card Forum has seen many changes over the years – not least in the Java Card platform itself, and some of those milestones have been documented in the press.
We’ve dug into the archives to find an article by Dan Balaban written back in 2004 about how the next generation Java Card would change the future of smart cards, articles in 2007/2008 about the impending Java Card 3.x release, a personal view from Bertrand du Castel (one of the JCF founder members) about the birth of Java Card and the JCF, a blog by Eric Vétillard (previous Technical Committee chairman) and the original press release heralding the creation of the JCF in 1997.
Read the stories in full here
The impact of Java Card technology yesterday and tomorrow (Press Release)
Safran Identity & Security celebrates 20 years with the Java Card Forum
As a long-standing member, Safran Identity & Security takes part in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Java Card Forum, an industry organization dedicated to promoting and developing interoperable Java Card technology products. Until today, 20 billion Java Cards have been sold, and Java is the most common IT platform worldwide.
“Today we are working in the Java Card Forum on the definition of the next Java Card version, which is aimed at fulfilling the upcoming requirements of new markets, especially in the Internet of Things. We are convinced that Java technology will play a major role in the IoT.”
Read the whole Release here
THE JAVA CARD FORUM CELEBRATES ITS 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY (PRESS RELEASE)
The continuing journey of the Java Card Forum
Berlin, 6th February 2017 – The Java Card Forum (JCF) is proud to announce that it is celebrating its 20 year Anniversary in 2017. Back in 1997 a small group of smart card companies came together to form the Java Card Forum, to provide recommendations for the Java Card specification to Sun Microsystems – enhancing the platform to meet the needs of the smart security industry. This led to the publication by Sun (and later Oracle) of several releases of the Java Card specification over the years, effectively delivering Java Card technology’s promise of interoperability, security and multi-application support to the telecoms, IT security and financial services industries. With around 20 billion Java technology based smart cards deployed so far, the Java Card platform can be considered as a tremendous success and is today the most used IT platform in the world. And after 20 years, its work remains as relevant today as it did back in the 90s; now looking to support new markets such as the Internet of Things.
Read the whole Release here.
Remaining relevant after 20 years; The Java Card Forum
By Volker Gerstenberger, President of the Java Card Forum
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Java Card Forum. At first glance one could look at the Java Card Forum as just another industry association but I think it is so much more. Of course, just like any industrial initiative, it was set up to lay down technical groundwork – but it was also there to promote Java Card technology as a whole concept and platform.
Already in the very early days, the commitment to co-operation was quite unique – with several companies coming together to lay down the technical requirements of the first Java Card specification and passing these specifications to a third party who took on the responsibility to drive, test and make ready for market use. This kind of technological breakthrough was based on successful international co-operative standardization, perhaps only surpassed by the success story of GSM and similarly, as GSM has evolved, so has Java Card technology. Both have a similar commitment to succeed with close co-operation.
I am convinced that Java Card technology still has an important role to play and there is an increasing necessity in it providing security for the coming Internet of Things. Having said that – here’s to another 20 years!
Read the whole article here.
