FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!  Members: Sign in 
Search Bitpipe: 
  Search Help
IT Management  >   Systems Operations  >   Networking  >  

Distributed Computing

RSS Feed    Add to Google    Add to My Yahoo!
ALSO CALLED: Distributed Networking and Distributed Processing
DEFINITION: Computing is said to be "distributed" when the computer programming and data that computers work on are spread out over more than one computer, usually over a network. Computing prior to low-cost computer power on the desktop, was organized in centralized "glass houses" (so-called because the computers were often shown to visitors through picture windows). Although these centers still exist, large  … 
Definition continues below.
Distributed Computing Multimedia (View All Report Types)
4 Matches
Your request for Distributed Computing multimedia returned limited or no results. The request has been expanded to include Networking multimedia.
Best Practices for Building Partnerships Between Network Providers
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
PODCAST: Network providers must re-examine how they can speed up innovation and time to market by working with trusted partners and developer communities. But energizing such an ecosystem takes careful planning. This podcast discusses the lessons learned in the market for working well with application developers, and best practices for network providers.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 02 Oct 2009


What Do Application Developers Want?
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
PODCAST: Network providers must re-examine how they can speed up innovation and time to market by working with trusted partners and developer communities. However, energizing such an ecosystem takes careful planning. This podcast examines application developers' needs and how network providers can improve their relationships with developers.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 02 Oct 2009


IP Telephony without Migration Migraines
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: Many organizations are hesitant to make the transition from their traditional private branch exchange (PBX) to IP telephony due to the complexity of the process. Watch this webcast to receive a complete customer-tested migration roadmap that takes the complexity out of making this switch.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 02 Oct 2009


MPLS+ Managed Services Podcast
sponsored by Blue Coat
PODCAST: In this podcast, Agatha Poon of Yankee Analyst Group answers questions about upcoming trends and changes in WAN services. She answers questions about the important trends right now in global enterprise WAN, how the WAN landscape is changing, and how new tools are playing into the market. Listen to this podcast and find out what she has to say.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 10 Jul 2009

4 Matches
 
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING DEFINITION (continued): …  and small enterprises over time are moving (distributing) applications and data to where they can operate most efficiently in the enterprise, to some mix of desktop workstations, local area network servers, regional servers, Web servers, and other servers. A popular trend has been client/server computing which is simply the view that a client computer can provide certain capabilities for a user and request others from other computers that provide services for the clients. (The Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol protocol is an example of this idea.)The Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) … 
Distributed Computing definition sponsored by SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Partner with Us | Site Index
TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines

Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other   TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media
TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |   Media Kits  




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2009, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Statement