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"It provides rich background information for beginners to enter this area. ... ... The charts are clear, as are the fragments of the codes. There is hardly any errors throughout the book. ... It covers a wide range coherent and distributed computing techniques .... People with different programming skills, even those who have never written a single line of code ... learn a lot from him. ... recommend the book to anyone interested in distributed computing, especially students in the field of distributed computing .... " (Che Haoyang, equipment Jounal, vol. 48 (3), 2005)

Internet use has evolved from a predominantly client / server-based Web server in addition to the interaction involving the use of the most decentralized - through which users can contribute more equally in the role of the application as a whole - and further distributed to communities around the web.

This wide range of new edition of a classic reference book provides a comprehensive overview of the new technologies of distributed systems, and has been improved and expanded to cover many new, state of the art infrastructure and technologies have already appeared. The approach is also extended, retaining the technical aspects but also include useful historical contexts for each of the technologies.

Features:

• Fill the gaps 8 chapters and includes other great popularity in the events, including BitTorrent, specifications for Web 2.0 and Web services, and technologies used by these

• Includes useful learning tools to help the reader's understanding as a foundation fund of introduction, the final chapter of his findings, and links to online information for further reading, etc.

• Provides a more applied, with a broad representation of distributed systems on the ground

• Describe the possible methods of communication in the history and basic connectivity

• Presents a unique combination of P2P, Web services and network technologies that is both accessible and in-depth discussion

• Provides additional information useful in www.p2pgridbook.com

This easy to follow textbook reference retains the detailed aspects of the successful first edition and is now expanded to offer the reader a broad context in which the most advanced and discuss a wide range of distributed systems available today. It is a fundamental reference for the design of new distributed systems, providing valuable for students and researchers.

Ian J. Taylor is a professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Cardiff, teaching two courses in Distributed Systems. It has an assistant adjunct professor at Louisiana State University and independent consultation with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, Andrew Harrison, a research fellow / partner in the School of Computer Science at the University of Cardiff .