Recently, OASIS approved two standards respectively for Web Service composition and for Web Service transactions. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how WS-BPEL and the WS-TX famil...
— We consider shared resource pool management taking into account per-application quality of service (QoS) requirements and server failures. Application QoS requirements are de...
Patching, upgrading, and maintaining operating system software is a growing management complexity problem that can result in unacceptable system downtime. We introduce AutoPod, a ...
The requirement for Grid middleware to be largely transparent to individual users and at the same time act in accordance with their personal needs is a difficult challenge. In e-...
This working in progress paper describes the development of a web service that provides a 3D (VRML) virtual environment for automated management and exhibition of imagery data. Wi...