From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web: Evolving Distributed Communities

by Andrew Harrison and Ian J. Taylor

Book Overview

Peers In A Client Server World provides a comprehensive overview of emerging peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies that have revolutionized the way we think about distributed computing and the internet. These technologies are compared to alternative solutions, most notably web services and Grid computing but also other technologies, such as client/server based systems and agent technologies. A wide range of diverse middleware and application-based technologies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447157613
• ISBN13: 9781447157618
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 463 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"