<s>
Jiro	B-Language
is	O
the	O
registered	O
name	O
used	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
for	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Jini	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
as	O
an	O
industry	O
initiative	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
EMC	O
initiative	O
called	O
"	O
Wide	O
Sky	O
"	O
were	O
catalysts	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
nineties	O
for	O
a	O
common	O
interface	O
to	O
storage	O
devices	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
Bluefin	O
specification	O
,	O
subsequently	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
SNIA	O
for	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
the	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
industry	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
was	O
established	O
by	O
Sun	O
in	O
1998	O
subsequent	O
to	O
acquiring	O
a	O
small	O
company	O
called	O
Redcape	O
Policy	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
in	O
many	O
ways	O
was	O
a	O
management	O
oriented	O
extension	O
to	O
Jini	B-Language
,	O
leveraging	O
many	O
of	O
Jini	B-Language
's	O
ideas	O
and	O
capabilities	O
for	O
automatic	O
detection	O
of	O
elements	O
to	O
be	O
managed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
was	O
a	O
Management	O
Framework	O
infrastructure	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
distributed	O
runtime	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
standardized	O
as	O
by	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Community	I-Language
Process	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
never	O
gained	O
the	O
broad	O
industry	O
support	O
necessary	O
for	O
success	O
,	O
because	O
every	O
device	O
had	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
custom	O
adapter	O
(	O
or	O
Management	O
Facade	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
withdrawn	O
from	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
never	O
gaining	O
commercial	O
or	O
industry	O
acceptance	O
,	O
Jiro	B-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
precursors	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Storage	O
Networking	O
Industry	O
Association	O
's	O
(	O
SNIA	O
)	O
Storage	O
Management	O
Initiative	O
(	O
SMI	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
seen	O
as	O
successful	O
in	O
promoting	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
open	O
standards	O
for	O
storage	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Carlson	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
employees	O
at	O
Redcape	O
)	O
led	O
this	O
effort	O
based	O
on	O
his	O
experience	O
at	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
as	O
a	O
Jiro	B-Language
developer	O
and	O
evangelist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNIA	O
has	O
now	O
embarked	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
standardize	O
Management	O
Frameworks	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
Jiro	B-Language
project	O
using	O
web	O
services	O
to	O
communicate	O
between	O
standard	O
service	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
Implements	O
an	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
creating	O
integrated	O
and	O
automated	O
management	O
software	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	O
,	O
cross-platform	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
makes	O
use	O
of	O
Jini	B-Language
technology	O
for	O
allowing	O
services	O
come	O
and	O
go	O
in	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
introduces	O
a	O
middle	O
tier	O
of	O
management	O
between	O
the	O
client/GUI	O
and	O
other	O
Java-based	O
agent	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
JMX	B-Language
and	O
JDMK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jiro	B-Language
divides	O
a	O
management	O
environment	O
into	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
domain	O
only	O
a	O
shared	O
management	O
server	O
(	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
running	O
Jiro	B-Language
services	O
)	O
that	O
represents	O
the	O
domain	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
