From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2009) Evolving Distributed Communities Computer Communications and Networks Series

Over the past several years, Internet users have changed in their usage p- terns from predominately client/server-based Web server interactions to also involving the use of more decentralized applications, where they contribute more equally in the role of the application as a whole, and further to d- tributed communities based around the Web. Distributed systems take many forms, appear in many areas and range from truly decentralized systems, like Gnutella, Skype and Jxta, centrally indexed brokered systems like Web s- vices and Jini and centrally coordinated systems like SETI@home. From P2P and Grids and Services on the Web Evolving Distributed Communities provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging trends in peer-to-peer (P2P), distributed objects, Web Services, the Web, and Grid computing technologies, which have rede ned the way we think about d- tributed computing and the Internet. The book has four main themes: d- tributed environments, protocols and architectures for applications, protocols and architectures focusing on middleware and nally deployment of these middleware systems, providing real-world examples of their usage.

Common Themes.- Discovery Protocols.- Structured Document Types.- Distributed Security Techniques.- Distributed Environments.- The Web.- Peer-2-Peer Environments.- Web Services.- Distributed Objects and Agent Technologies.- Grid Computing.- Protocols and Architectures I — P2P Applications.- Gnutella.- Scalability.- Freenet.- BitTorrent.- Protocols and Architectures II — Middleware.- Jini.- Jxta.- Web Services Protocols.- OGSA.- Web 2.0.- On the Horizon.- Deployment.- Distributed Object Deployment Using Jini.- P2P Deployment Using Jxta.- Web Services Deployment.- Web Deployment Using Atom.- ERRATA.

Comprehensive representation of the distributed systems field Takes an applied approach and describes technologies that are state-of-the-art No existing books that describe this combination of P2P, Web services and Grid technologies to this depth and understanding Retains technical aspects of successful first edition but is significantly expanded with exercises and also includes historical contexts for each of the technologies