Peer to Peer Computing
The Evolution of a Disruptive Technology
Published on 31. December 2004
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-59140-429-3 (ISBN)
Description
Taking a holistic approach to the affects P2P Computing has on a number of disciplines, this book includes current articles from academics as well as IT practitioners and consultants from around the world. It addresses researchers and practitioners to a more thorough understanding of current P2P technologies and their emerging ramifications.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
814 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59140-429-3 (9781591404293)
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Persons
Dr. Ramesh Subramanian is the Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Computer Information Systems at the School of Business, Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Dr. Subramanian received his Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems and MBA from Rutgers University, NJ. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from XLRI - Center for Management Studies, Jamshedpur, India, and a Bachelor of Applied Sciences from Madras University, India. Dr. Subramanian's research interests include Information Systems Strategy, Information Systems Security, Digital Asset Management, E-commerce, XML, XSL, Web Content Management, Peer-to-Peer networking and resource sharing and IT education, and he has published and presented several papers in these areas. Brian D. Goodman is currently a Senior IT Architect for IBM's On Demand Workplace, based out of New York, NY. He received a multi-disciplinary BA degree in Computer Science, Psychology and Graphic Design from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. His interest centered on early childhood human computer interface design. Prior to his current position, Brian worked as a Staff Software Engineer in IBM's Advanced Internet Technology Lab, Southbury, CT. Other professional experience includes commercial CBT development, multimedia production, graphic design and print. His current interests include emerging data architectures, caching strategies, service oriented architectures, message queuing, pub/sub, web services, social networking systems and peer-to-peer systems.
Content
Foreword; John Patrick; Introduction: Peer-to-peer Computing: The Evolution of a Dirsuptive Technology; Ramesh Subramanian, Quinnipiac University, USA; Brian D. Goodman, IBM, USA; Section 1: Then and now - Understanding P2P spirit, networks, content distribution and data storage; Chapter 1: Core Concepts in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking; Detlef Schoder, Kai Fischbach, and Christian Schmitt, University of Cologne, Germany; Chapter 2: Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution Networks; Choon Hoong Ding, Sarana Nutanong, Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 3: Using Peer-to-peer systems for Data Management; Dinesh C. Verma, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; Chapter 4: Peer to Peer Information Storage and Discovery Systems; Cristina Schmidt and Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA; Section 2: Systems and assets - issues arising from decentralized networks in security and law; Chapter 5 : Peer-to-Peer Security Issues in Nomadic Networks; Ross Lee Graham, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden; Chapter 6: Potential data security issues in a P2P network; Sridhar Asvathanarayanan, X.L. America, Inc., USA; Chapter 7: Security and Trust in P2P Systems; Michael Bursell, Arcot Systems, Essex, UK; Chapter 8: Peer to Peer Technology and the Copyright Crossroads; Stacey Dogan, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, USA; Section 3: P2P Domain Proliferation - perspectives and influences of peer concepts on collaboration, web services and grid computing; Chapter 9 : Personal Peer-to-Peer Collaboration based on Shared Objects; Werner Geyer, Li-Te Cheng, Michael J. Muller, IBM T.J. Watson Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Juergen Vogel, University of Mannheim, Germany; Chapter 10: Let me know what you know: ReachOut as a model for a P2P knowledge sharing network; Vladimir Soroka, Michal Jacovi, Yoelle S. Maarek, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Haifa, Israel; Chapter 11: Grid Economics: 10 Lessons from Finance for commercial sharing of IT resources; Giorgos Cheliotis, IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland, Chris Kenyon, IBM Research, Zurich Research Lab, Zurich, Switzerland; Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 12: Applications of Web Services in Bioinformatics; Xin Li & Aryya Gangopadhyay, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, MD, USA; Chapter 13: Content Delivery Services in a Grid Environment; Irwin Boutboul and Dikran S Meliksetian, IBM, Internet Technology