Next generation applications and architectures (for example, Grids) are driving radical changes in the nature of traffic, service models, technology, and cost, creating opportunit...
Tal Lavian, Joe Mambretti, Doug Cutrell, Howard J....
Content delivery networks have evolved beyond traditional distributed caching. With services such as Akamai's EdgeComputing it is now possible to deploy and run enterprise bu...
Co-ordination is the glue that binds the activities of autonomous problem-solving agents together into a functional whole. Co-ordination mechanisms for distributed problem-solving ...
An electronic registry is the main mechanism for the official distribution of public records, which are created within the framework of administrative procedures and business trans...
It is common to imbed business rules within the code of distributed object systems. When business practices and/or policies change, as they often do, it is difficult if not imposs...
Isabelle Rouvellou, Lou Degenaro, Kevin Rasmus, Da...