SAN, which is based on fibre channel networks, allows high-speed interconnection of back-up devices over distributed locations, and acts as a separate computer network. More and more of our target audience is interested in consolidating all the...
Compaq's latest storage software, which will branded SANworks, is intended to help users manage storage and servers from a wide range of vendors within a single SAN; SANs provide high-speed access to distributed storage via fibre channel technology.
The UDDI directory offering will be incorporated into Sun's Java programmes and will be followed by a range of distributed networking software to support web trading. The Sun/Netscape alliance iPlanet is to release a UDDI (Universal Description...
Kazaa distributor Sharman Networks and partner Altnet hope their new group, called the Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA), will help legitimise the much-maligned peer-to-peer industry, which has come under fire from Hollywood...
Neil Rogers, president of BT global solutions told silicon.com that the new network with a high-capacity flexible core will be built over the next two years to cope with the “high bandwidth required for the distributed computing of DII.
The biggest technical obstacle is the scalability of the middleware - ensuring the systems are able to handle the loads of millions of viewers simultaneously changing channels and requesting content. We probably won't know the scalability questions...