Providing in-depth coverage of networking fundamentals from the "Java point-of-view", this text gives consideration to JMAPI, the Java Management API. The latter offers a platform and protocol-independent method of managing all the resources on a network. In addition, the author has specialist knowlege of recent developments in this field, as he is working with Sun on the improvement of the Java Shared Data API (JDSA) - a new tool for working in collaborateve environments.