Because of their severe resource-restrictions and limited user interfaces, smart everyday objects must often rely on remote resources to realize their services. This paper shows ho...
Workflow systems provide automated support that enables organizations to efficiently and reliably move important data through their routine business processes. For some organizati...
Phase-Change Memory (PCM) technology has received substantial attention recently. Because PCM is byte-addressable and exhibits access times in the nanosecond range, it can be used...
The increasing use of the web for serving http content, for database transactions, etc. can place heavy stress on servers. Flash crowds can occur at a server when there is a burst ...
There is a need to be able to program network components to adapt to application requirements for quality of service, specialised application dependent routing, to increase effici...