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Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the level of service that a service provider must deliver. An SLA is a contract between service provider and consumer, and includes appropri...
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Paxos is a well known algorithm for achieving consensus in distributed environments with uncertain processing and communication timing. Implementations of its variants have been s...
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Web service development and usage has shifted from simple information processing services to high-value business services that are crucial to productivity and success. In order to...