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I believe that they are releasing a new version of the SDM (not called that anymore) soon. I agree the Java issue is very annoying, but I run into that a lot these days with other Java based applications.
I ran into the same issue recently. I was able to configure easy VPN by connecting my laptop (not running version 6 of JRE). The workstation that I was trying to connect with had SDM install locally and was updated to the newest JRE. Hope this hel...