Yet they are managed as a single, cohesive system. Unlike centralized or hybrid approaches, distributed cloud treats geographic and architectural diversity as a feature, not a compromise.

In this article, we explore the design principles, innovations, and challenges addressed by three representative distributed file systems: Google File System (GFS), Tectonic, and JuiceFS.

The integrity principles for an ATM system architecture include system design guidelines; hardware and software measures for fault detection, isolation and resilience; criteria for ensuring message ...

A distributed system is comprised of multiple computing devices interconnected with one another via a loosely-connected network. Almost all computing systems and applications today are distributed in ...

GridEdge Networks and Custom Electronics, Inc. have developed a 69kV Distributed Generation Permissive system that improves ...

Apache Kafka is a distributed publish-subscribe messaging system. This article covers the architecture, features and characteristics of Kafka and how it compares with other messaging systems.

Much as the OS evolved to provide the fundamental building blocksof standalone system-development platforms, real-time middleware hasevolved to address the distributed-systems development challenges ...

How do you effectively build a distributed, enterprise architecture? It's a daunting, if not somewhat nebulous question, akin to asking someone how do you build a house? The answer depends on what ...

Expect to hear more about Bitcoin and its blockchain architecture in 2016, as the manner in which they crypto-currency works is becoming a best practices for developing distributed systems.