Cluster-based multi-tier systems provide a means for building scalable Internet services. Building adaptive Internet services that are able to apply appropriate system sizing and ...
Asynchronous interactions are becoming more and more important in the implementation of complex B2B Web applications. This paper addresses correlation and coordination issues invo...
Marco Brambilla, Stefano Ceri, Mario Passamani, Al...
—During the last years next generation networks (NGNs) have gained attention, as an increasing number of network operators moved toward triple-play services: telephony, Internet ...
Name services are critical for mapping logical resource names to physical resources in large-scale distributed systems. The Domain Name System (DNS) used on the Internet, however,...
Many financial institutions are actively developing new electronic banking products for their retail customers. These efforts are can succeed only if their managers focus the prom...