Ninf is an ongoing global network-wide computing infrastructure project which allows users to access computational resources including hardware, software and scientific data distri...
As Grids become increasingly relied upon as critical infrastructure, it is imperative to ensure the highly-available and secure day-to-day operation of the Grid infrastructure. The...
Jonathan C. Rowanhill, Glenn S. Wasson, Zach Hill,...
Distributed computing in wide area networks requires special approach to solve the problem of communication between secure areas. Since there is no possibility to establish connect...
Jacek Midura, Kazimierz Balos, Krzysztof Zielinski
The advancement of wireless communication and mobile telecommunication has made mobile commerce possible. In the retail business under the evolving market, the users would like to...
The one issue that unites almost all approaches to distributed computing is the need to know whether certain components in the system have failed or are otherwise unavailable. Whe...