Anyone who googles a question is using distributed computing. Distributed software development — like what supports search engines — can successfully integrate work and private lives alike and has ...

Distributed generation is not a new concept. The first power plants, including Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Power station, were essentially distributed generation and constructed to serve a local area ...

Today’s applications—including enterprise applica­tions—need to be always on and always available and often must serve a global base of users who expect almost instantaneous response times regardless ...