Software-based active replication is expensive in terms of performance overhead. Multithreading can help improve performance; however, thread scheduling is a source of nondetermin...
Claudio Basile, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K...
We describe a new collaborative technology that is mid-way between the informality of email and the formality of shared workspaces. Email and other ad hoc collaboration systems ar...
As the technology for high-speed networks has evolved over the last decade, the interconnection of commodity computers (e.g., PCs and workstations) at gigabit rates has become a re...
Mark Baker, Paul A. Farrell, Hong Ong, Stephen L. ...
When the Asynchronous Method Invocation (AMI) model was introduced into the CORBA specification, client applications benefited from the ability to invoke nonblocking two-way reque...
Darrell Brunsch, Carlos O'Ryan, Douglas C. Schmidt
Users of synchronous groupware systems act both as individuals and as members of a group, and designers must try to support both roles. However, the requirements of individuals an...