Tag: distributed

Networking

Twitter to open source Storm analytics platform

By Liam Tung | Aug 8, 2011 | Comment Now

Just like Hadoop but for infinite processes.

Hardware

Dell jumps on heavy analytics with Hadoop

By Liam Tung | Aug 5, 2011 | Comment Now

Joins EMC in big data Hadoop appliance race.

Hardware

Microsoft eyes cloud waste for home heating

By Liam Tung | Jun 17, 2011 | 3 Comments

Will broadband bills block silicon-dried laundry?

Networking

Network admins field more DDoS attacks

By Ry Crozier | Feb 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

Arbor claims spike.

Oddware

Fruit fly brains for wireless deployments

By Liz Tay | Jan 14, 2011 | Comment Now

Scientists apply insect nervous system to distributed computing.

Security

Researchers devise DoS attack filter

By Nick Farrell | Oct 2, 2009 | Comment Now

Developing traffic authentication smarts.

Hardware

Intel kicks off new distributed computing campaign

By Shaun Nichols | Aug 4, 2009 | Comment Now

Power Thru Processors lets users donate CPU power.

Networking

Australian researcher finds silver lining in the cloud

By Nate Cochrane | Apr 15, 2009 | Comment Now

Cloud computing is tipped to nudge $A200 billion a year by 2013, but who pays for it is the question that concerns a newly decorated Melbourne researcher.

Telco/ISP

40,000 servers, 20% of the world's traffic: Akamai ten years on

By Kathryn Small | Dec 2, 2008 | Comment Now

Ten years since its creation, distributed computing platform Akamai now delivers 20 per cent of the world’s internet traffic by request. iTnews talks to Stuart Spiteri about ...