In current multi-media systems major parts of the functionality consist of software tasks executed on a set of concurrently operating processors. Those tasks interfere with each o...
Anca Mariana Molnos, Marc J. M. Heijligers, Sorin ...
Data-centric business applications comprise an important class of distributed systems that includes on-line stores, document management systems, and patient portals. However, their...
As semiconductor technology advances, the performance gap between processor and memory has become one of the major issues in computer design. In order to bridge this gap, many met...
Desktop grids have traditionally focused on executing computation intensive workloads. Can they also be used to execute data-intensive workloads? To answer this question, we prese...
Christopher Moretti, Timothy C. Faltemier, Douglas...
—For many organizations, one attractive use of cloud resources can be through what is referred to as cloud bursting or the hybrid cloud. These refer to scenarios where an organiz...