Web application workloads are often characterized by a large number of unique read requests and a significant fraction of write requests. Hosting these applications drives the ne...
In recent years, web based online map applications have been getting more and more popular, such as Google Maps, Yahoo Maps. Many new Web 2.0 techniques such as mash-up and AJAX w...
In this paper, we present the concept of Passive Distributed Indexing, a general-purpose distributed search service for mobile file sharing applications, which is based on peer-to...
The progress of mobile device technology unfolds a new spectrum of applications that challenges conventional infrastructure models. Most of these devices are perceived by their us...
This paper is concerned with performance debugging of multitier applications, such as commonly found in servers and dynamic-content web sites. Existing tools and techniques for pr...