Distributed Virtual Environment (DVE) systems have been designed last years as a set of distributed servers. These systems allow a large number of remote users to share a single 3...
The success of Skype has inspired a generation of peer-topeer-based solutions for satisfactory real-time multimedia services over the Internet. However, fundamental questions, suc...
We present a storage management framework for Web 2.0 services that places users back in control of their data. Current Web services complicate data management due to data lock-in...
Neal H. Walfield, Paul T. Stanton, John Linwood Gr...
In service-based systems, services from various providers can be integrated following specific workflows to achieve users’ goals. These workflows are often executed and coordina...
Stephen S. Yau, Luping Zhu, Dazhi Huang, Haishan G...
Several powerful forces are gathering to make fundamental and irrevocable changes to the century-old grid. The nextgeneration grid, often called the `smart grid,' will featur...