What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

What’s the big IT story of 2016 going to be? All fingers seem to be pointing at Bitcoin, along with the blockchain architecture that empowers its distributed nature. There are two reasons why Bitcoin ...

Juniper Networks today announced new products and capabilities to help organizations secure their distributed data center environments -- no, it's not secure access service edge (SASE). The new ...

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Roughly five years ago, power management met an inflection point in system design. The forced-air-cooling budget for racks in telecom and datacom applications had reached a ceiling. The proliferation ...

Cranfield University published a report this week exploring some questions about the development of an uncrewed traffic management (UTM) system. The document is the result of a research partnership ...

As the demand for video content continues to surge, streaming platforms face the challenge of delivering high-quality, uninterrupted, interactive experiences to their audiences. Traditional cloud ...