Legitimate Applications of Peer–to–Peer Networks: Beyond File and Music Swapping - Hardcover

Verma, Dinesh C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471463698 ISBN 13: 9780471463696

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

The book examines the different legitimate applications used over a peer-to-peer network (p2p) The material examines the design and development of novel applications designed to leverage the distributed nature of peer-to-peer environments Goes beyond the most popular application of file-sharing (including sharing of video and audio files) and discusses the many different applications Compares traditional and peer-to-peer infrastructure and discusses merits and demerits of each approach from a business perspective

About this title

About the Author

DINESH C. VERMA, PhD, is Manager of the Policy and Networking Group at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York. He received his doctorate from University of California, Berkeley, and holds more than fourteen patents in the area of computer networking. Dr. Verma is the author of Content Distribution Networks: An Engineering Approach (published by Wiley).

From the Back Cover

Discover the true potential of peer-to-peer networks

Napster, Kazaa, ICQ?file- and music-sharing peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have revolutionized the use of the Internet, but have also brought bad press to peer-to-peer computer networking. Yet P2P offers a great many legitimate benefits. Just witness the recent discovery of the largest prime number, a poster child for distributed computing!

P2P is a class of applications that leverages previously unused Internet resources?storage, cycles, content, human presence. Instead of large, expensive servers and pricey storage networks, corporations and other organizations can share data and computing duties among their desktops through P2P.

Legitimate Applications of Peer-to-Peer Networks goes beyond file and music swapping to explore the true potential of P2P technology in business and other important applications, including:

• File sharing
• Data storage management
• Instant messaging
• IP telephony
• Collaborative content hosting
• Publish-subscribe systems

Considering the merits and disadvantages of both the P2P and traditional approaches from a business perspective, Legitimate Applications of Peer-to-Peer Networks will help technology and business professionals realize the genuine?and legitimate?potential of this misunderstood and often misused technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471463698
• ISBN 13: 9780471463696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164