Open distributed systems such as service oriented architecture and cloud computing have emerged as promising platforms to deliver software as a service to users. However, for many...
New technologies have recently emerged to challenge the very nature of computing: multicore processors, virtualized operating systems and networks, and data-center clouds. One can...
The goal of Digital Earth (www.digitalearth.gov) is to create a virtual representation of our planet that enables a person to explore and interact with the vast amounts of natural...
Cloud computing promises large-scale and seamless access to vast quantities of data across the globe. Applications will demand the reliability, consistency, and performance of a t...
Marc Eshel, Roger L. Haskin, Dean Hildebrand, Mano...