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 ...

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 ...

Christopher Black is a Business Architect who leads the IoT/Digital Transformation Practice for CDW, and focuses on providing solutions for federal, state and local governments. He serves as a ...

Cloud computing promises new ways to build and deploy distributed applications. So why are we so hung up on the old ones? James Urquhart is a field technologist with almost 20 years of experience in ...

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 world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project, found itself picking up thousands of new volunteers to help COVID-19 ...

The Certus™-NX-RT and CertusPro™-NX-RT FPGAs are built on the award-winning Lattice Nexus™ platform delivering class-leading small form factor, system bandwidth and power efficiency – consuming up to ...

New developments that will leverage a focus on cloud-native technologies, including serverless and containers, will change the level of I/O requirements. Internet egress (i.e., the on-ramps and ...