The COMANDOS Distributed Application Platform: 1 (Research Reports Esprit, 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540566600 ISBN 13: 9783540566601

Publisher: Springer, 1993

Synopsis

The last decade has seen an enormous change in the capability of information technology and also in the expectations of what that technology can provide. The personal computer revolution at the start of the 1980s brought computing power to the desktop in a way that, for the first time, non-technical users could understand and use in their everyday work. The invisible wall of mystique that had separated computers from their potential users for so long had been demolished, and the world of business would never be the same again. As we entered the 1990s, a decade later, we witnessed the beginnings of another revolution. This revolution is not so obvious, but its implications are even more far-reaching. It is not so obvious because it is happening behind the scenes, in the communications and computing infrastructure that support the machines that can be seen sitting on office desks and, increasingly, being carried with business people as standard equipment along with a briefcase and umbrella. It is potentially more far-reaching for the following reason. The per­ sonal computer of the 1980s brought computing power to the user in a box that could fit on a desk. The revolution of the 1990s brings to the user computing power that is distributed across the whole planet.

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Synopsis

The objective of the ESPRIT project COMANDOS (Construction and Management of Distributed Open Systems) is to specify and construct an integrated platform for programming and operating multi-vendor distributed systems. This platform is targeted at applications programmers and system integrators, and aims to reduce the overall cost of the development, maintenance, , and evolution of large distributed applications. This objective was achieved by the development of innovative solutions based on the integration of existing and emerging technologies. For the development of these applications, the COMANDOS platform includes infrastructure supporting: concurrent distributed computations; storage and retrieval of persistent data; use of multiple programming languages including existing languages; reusable and extensible software modules; security and protection of data; on-fine management; and access to pre-existing applications and information systems. The book provides a general presentation of the COMANDOS platform, structured into two parts. The first part provides a user view of the platform and focuses on its functionality, on design choices, and innovative aspects.

The second part gives an overview of the implementation of the platform.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540566600
• ISBN 13: 9783540566601
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 329
• Editor: Cahill Vinny, Balter Roland, Harris Neville R., Rousset De Pina Xavier