Today, component oriented middlewares are used to design, develop and deploy distributed applications easily. They ensure the heterogeneity, interoperability, and reuse of software...
—Automatic service and application deployment and management is becoming possible through the use of service and infrastructure discovery and policy systems. But using the infras...
Robert Adams, Ricardo Rivaldo, Guilherme Germoglio...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology provides the means to track any object, any time, anywhere with Electronic Product Codes (EPC). A major consequence of this techno...
Resource pools are computing environments that offer virtualized access to shared resources. When used effectively they can align the use of capacity with business needs (flexi...
Jerry Rolia, Ludmila Cherkasova, Martin F. Arlitt,...
Abstract. Web services are increasingly being used in business critical environments, enabling uniform access to services provided by distinct parties. In these environments, an op...