From Grids to Service and Pervasive Computing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Priol, Thierry (Editor), Vanneschi, Marco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Microprocessors.; Computer communication systems.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computers.; Database management.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Database Management.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Data Structures.; Processor Architectures.

Grids are a crucial enabling technology for scientific and industrial development. Peer-to-peer computing, grid, distributed storage technologies, emerging web service technologies, and other types of networked distributed computing have provided new paradigms exploiting distributed resources. Grids...