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ALSO CALLED: Distributed Networking, Distributed Processing
DEFINITION: Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a program that enables distributed computing among networked computers on different platforms, so that they can perform as a single, large unit for computer-intensive applications. The software can be run on most Unix-based or Windows systems. According to the official Web site, PVM is the de facto standard, world-wide, for distributed computing. PVM source code  … 
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Implementing a 10Gb Network Using a Virtual Distributed Switch
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VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: This webcast introduces strategies for implementing a 10Gb network using a virtual distributed switch, featuring an in-depth discussion of how existing IT professionals are addressing network challenges in virtual environments.
Posted: 02 Apr 2013 | Premiered: 29 Mar 2013

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Be as Agile as you can be
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WEBCAST: Join Elizabeth Woodward, IBM Agile Practice Expert, as she discusses how software development leaders and agile teams can identify the impact of choices in organizing their team structure to optimize a distributed Agile methodology. 
Posted: 04 Apr 2011 | Premiered: Apr 4, 2011

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Accelerate Your Data Processing in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services and RightScale
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WEBCAST: In this Webinar, we show you how to improve your processing of real time financial analytics with RightScale and AWS. We show a live demonstration of how a hedge fund would run a scalable grid application environment that is automated, resilient to errors, and auditable.
Posted: 06 Apr 2010 | Premiered: Mar 17, 2010, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)

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DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING DEFINITION (continued): …  is freely available. PVM was created at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1989 and was rewritten in 1991 at the University of Tennessee. Newer versions developed since that time offer improved portability and fault tolerance. The PVM package has become popular for teaching computer science and programming students how distributed computing and parallel processing work. The software has been used extensively to solve problems in science, medicine, technology and engineering that have proven too complex for individual computers. PVM also enables a level of computational accuracy beyond the ability … 
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