This paper argues that the network latency due to synchronous replication is no longer tolerable in scenarios where businesses are required by regulation to separate their seconda...
Xiaotao Liu, Gal Niv, Prashant J. Shenoy, K. K. Ra...
— with the ubiquity of handheld devices people can now access information and conduct online transactions virtually anywhere and anytime. In such flexible but less reliable envir...
Ubiquitous communication will be one of the paradigms for the next decades. The use of the Internet in such applications demands for a highly reliable and secure system, especiall...
Abstract--Mobile devices such as smart phones are increasing permeating society. With strides in computational power, coupled with the ability to connect to other small devices, sm...
Abstract— Shared computing utilities allocate compute, network, and storage resources to competing applications on demand. An awareness of the demands and behaviors of the hosted...