The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a proof-of-concept study at Virginia Tech to develop highly connected computer systems that operate in a wireless environment. Small handheld ...

The difference between distributed computing and concurrent programming is a common area of confusion as there is a significant amount of overlap between the two when you set out to accomplish ...

Like Apple once did with Xcode and Xgrid, it wants to leverage all the processors you have across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad and make them work together for you when you need more processing power.

Blockchain is sometimes perceived as cryptocurrency in general, but it’s a whole lot more. Cryptocurrency is the digital money itself whereby blockchain is the environment in which this digital money ...

We all think we know what “distributed computing” is, but the idea has matured and fragmented into different technologies. In the early 1980s distributed systems were simple client/server applications ...

This and other questions were explored at a panel, convened at the recent Voxxed Days Bristol conference, that looked at the issues and opportunities in today's IT environment. "There's been this big ...

Dhruv Patel's work demonstrates how advanced expertise in distributed systems, AI, and cybersecurity can influence digital ...

Welcome to the new era "on-demand " computing. For those of you who missed the big proclamation, newly appointed IBM Chairman Samuel J. Palmisano said last month that he is betting $10 billion that ...

Editor's take: One of the most exciting developments in the tech world is the advancement of edge computing. That is, if you can figure out what "the edge" really means. Nobody seems to be able to ...