IEEE Distributed Systems Online, Volume 7, 2006

Volume 7, Number 1, January 2006

• Roy Friedman, Erez Hadad:
  Distributed Wisdom: Analyzing Distributed-System Performance--Latency vs. Throughput.
  

• Guillaume Pierre:
  From the Editor: Web Systems Community--To Those Who Believe We are Done Already.
  

• Greg Goth:
  XML: The Center of Attention Up and Down the Stack.
  

• Benjamin Alfonsi:
  Wi-Fi Certification Program Aims to Boost Battery Life.
  

• Pedro Gama:
  Simplifying Large-Volume Data Sharing in Distributed Environments.
  
• George Semeczko:
  Applying the Power of Patterns to the Web.
  

Volume 7, Number 2, February 2006

• Daniel Hughes, James Walkerdine, Geoff Coulson, Stephen Gibson:
  Peer-to-Peer: Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?
  

• Tage Stabell-Kulø:
  From the Editor: Security Community--Blurring the Line between Authentication and Identification.
  

• Jacques Mossière, Edward Curry, Abdelkrim Beloued, Jean-Marie Gilliot, Françoise André, Maria-Teresa Segarra, Vladimir Dyo, Etienne Antoniutti Di Muro, Michael A. Jaeger:
  Works In Progress.
  

• Greg Goth:
  News: Not in the Script--News of Java's Demise Is Premature.
  

• David Geer:
  In Brief: Grid-Based Modeling Technique Furthers Earthquake Risk Prediction.
  

• Marcin Paprzycki:
  Education: Integrating Parallel and Distributed Computing in Computer Science Curricula.
  

• Billy Rose:
  Book Reviews: Extensible Middleware.
  
• Dragan Stojanovic:
  Book Reviews: Web Service-Oriented Project Development from Different Perspectives.
  

Volume 7, Number 3, March 2006

• Salem Hadim, Nader Mohamed:
  Middleware: Middleware Challenges and Approaches for Wireless Sensor Networks.
  

• A. Vijay Srinivas, M. Venkateswara Reddy, D. Janakiram:
  Distributed Wisdom: Designing a Replication Service for Large Peer-to-Peer Data Grids.
  

• Pei Zheng, Lionel M. Ni:
  Spotlight: The Rise of the Smart Phone.
  

• Edward Curry, Jacques Mossière:
  Works in Progress: The 2nd International Middleware Doctoral Symposium.
  

• Greg Goth:
  From the Editors: Peer-to-Peer Community--Looking beyond the Legacy of Napster and Gnutella.
  

• Greg Goth:
  News: Data-Driven Enterprise--Slouching toward the Semantic Web.
  

• Benjamin Alfonsi:
  In Brief: TRECC Tackles On-Demand Computing.
  

• Nelson Liu:
  Book Reviews: A Summary of Multifractal Traffic Modeling.
  
• Maria Ganzha:
  Book Reviews: When Humans and Agents Collide.
  

Volume 7, Number 4, April 2006

• Ricardo Couto Antunes da Rocha, Markus Endler:
  Middleware: Context Management in Heterogeneous, Evolving Ubiquitous Environments.
  

• Haifeng Shen, Chengzheng Sun:
  From the Editors: Collaborative Computing Community--Leveraging Single-User Applications for Multiuser Distributed Collaboration.
  

• Tom Murphy:
  Education: High-Performance Computing in Community Colleges?
  

• Greg Goth:
  News: Cradle of Liberty Lags on E-Voting.
  

• Milan Lathia:
  Book Reviews: The New Wave--Concurrent Programming.
  
• Rita Puzmanova:
  Book Reviews: Cisco Mobile IP Configuration, Troubleshooting, and Management.
  

Volume 7, Number 5, May 2006

• Daniel Oberle, Steffen Staab, Andreas Eberhart:
  Web Systems: Semantic Management of Distributed Web Applications.
  

• John Regehr:
  From the Editor: Real-Time and Embedded Systems--Teaching Reliability.
  

• Marc Shapiro:
  Distributed Wisdom: What's Wrong with Us?
  

• Greg Goth:
  News: New Perils in Hosted Data?
  

• Laurianne McLaughlin:
  In Brief: Where Wired and Wireless Networks Converge.
  

• Tim Bond:
  Book Reviews: Component-Oriented Programming: A .NET Perspective.
  
• Lu Yan:
  Book Reviews: Wireless Sensor Networks--Past, Present, and Future.
  

Volume 7, Number 6, June 2006

• Tine Verhanneman, Frank Piessens, Bart De Win, Eddy Truyen, Wouter Joosen:
  A Modular Access Control Service for Supporting Application-Specific Policies.
  

• Heinz Stockinger:
  Grid Computing: A Critical Discussion on Business Applicability.
  

• Barry Wilkinson, Clayton Ferner:
  Teaching Grid Computing in North Carolina: Part I.
  

• Greg Goth:
  Functionality Meets Terminology to Address Network Security Vulnerabilities.
  

• Juan M. Estévez-Tapiador:
  Book Review: Practical Intrusion Prevention.
  
• Marek Kowalkiewicz:
  Book Review: A Useful but Inadequate Introduction to Web Services.
  

Volume 7, Number 7, July 2006

• Tom Ritter, Rudolf Schreiner, Ulrich Lang:
  Integrating Security Policies via Container Portable Interceptors.
  

• Fabrice Kordon, Laure Petrucci:
  Toward Formal-Methods Oecumenism?
  

• Barry Wilkinson, Clayton Ferner:
  Teaching Grid Computing in North Carolina: Part II.
  

• Greg Goth:
  Global Information Health Networks Get a Boost.
  

• Andreas A. Veglis:
  Open Source Web Software for Windows Users.
  

Volume 7, Number 8, August 2006

• Kurt Schelfthout, Danny Weyns, Tom Holvoet:
  Middleware for Protocol-Based Coordination in Mobile Applications.
  

• Greg Goth:
  Delay-Tolerant Network Technologies Coming Together.
  

• Arturo Ortiz-Tapia:
  A Primer on Computational Fields.
  
• Rita Puzmanova:
  Toward Full Mobility in Converged Networks.
  

Volume 7, Number 9, September 2006

• Raphael Y. de Camargo, Fabio Kon, Renato Cerqueira:
  Strategies for Checkpoint Storage on Opportunistic Grids.
  

• Lorie M. Liebrock:
  Education: Scholarship for Service.
  

• Omer F. Rana, Jeffrey O. Kephart:
  Building Effective Multivendor Autonomic Computing Systems.
  

• Greg Goth:
  Next-Gen Landscape Extends Beyond the Console.
  

• Beran Necat:
  Book Reviews: An Expert Discussion of Wireless Technologies.
  

Volume 7, Number 10, October 2006

• Rüdiger Kapitza, Jörg Domaschka, Franz J. Hauck, Hans P. Reiser, Holger Schmidt:
  FORMI: Integrating Adaptive Fragmented Objects into Java RMI.
  

• Luis Vargas:
  Database Challenges in Enterprise Information Sharing.
  

• Rajkumar Buyya, Al-Mukaddim Khan Pathan, James Broberg, Zahir Tari:
  A Case for Peering of Content Delivery Networks.
  

• Greg Goth:
  News: It's a WLAN-derful Life.
  

• Arturo Ortiz-Tapia:
  Book Reviews: An Essential Point of Departure.
  
• Myriam Abramson:
  Book Reviews: A Guide to Mobile Human-Computer Interaction.