When creating new application programming interfaces (APIs), designers must make many decisions. These decisions affect the quality of the resulting APIs in terms of performance (...
Our aim is to define the kernel of a simple and uniform programming model—the reactor model—suitable for building and evolving internet-scale programs. A reactor consists of t...
John Field, Maria-Cristina V. Marinescu, Christian...
In today’s businesses, there is a trend that serviceoriented architecture (SOA) is evolving into a popular architectural paradigm for IT infrastructure. SOA allows companies’ ...
M. Brian Blake, William Kwok-Wai Cheung, Michael C...
As technologies evolve and computer systems shrink to the size of matchboxes, also their field of application shifts in new directions. Our permanent companions, mobile phones, p...
Christian Bertelsmeyer, Erik Koch, Alexander H. Sc...
File transfer acts an increasing role in digital TV studios and especially for their interconnections. Using adequate file formats to exchange data presents several advantages: lo...