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DCcentral:  .

- Introduction to distributed computing in English, French, or Spanish. Includes tutorials, history, and projects.

Distributed Algorithms and Systems:  .

- Overview site with academic links. Hosted at Chalmers University of Technology.

Albatross - Wide Area Cluster Computing: - A project to better understand application behavior on wide-area networks. Publications, talks, software, status.

Cetus Links: Distributed Objects and Components: - Over a thousand links organized by the volunteer members of the Cetus organization.

The DC Zone: - A growing distributed computing community, currently focused on Folding@Home, Find-a-Drug, Grid.org, World Community Grid, and DIMES, though open to other projects.

The Distributed ASCI Supercomputer (DAS): - An experimental wide-area distributed computing cluster used for parallel computing research at five Dutch universities.

Distributed Computing: An Introduction: - From global distributed projects like Seti@Home to corporate uses behind the firewall, we cover the fundamentals of distributed computing architectures, discuss major initiatives and applications, and talk about the challenges that lay ahead.

Distributed Computing Primer: - Introduction to organising a distributed computing project.

Distributed Systems: - Descriptions, bibliographies, and links to distributed operating systems, file systems, and computing environments.




An Eye on Grid Technology: - Grid computing and grid services portal featuring articles, papers, news and streaming media content.

Flash Mob Computing: - Home of the first Flash Mob Supercomputer and the official site for all things Flash Mob Computing.

IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing: - The Task Force is concerned with issues related to the design, analysis, development and implementation of cluster-based systems.

The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies (IGT): - The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies (IGT) The IGT is a non-profit organization of leading vendors, ISVs, customers and academia, focused on knowledge sharing and networking for developing Enterprise Grid solutions. It is open, independent and vendor-neutral.

Jeff Sutherland's Object Technology Site: - Breaking news on distributed computing, object technology, components, and business objects.

Mobile Information and Communication Systems: - Research on self organizing mobile ad hoc networking technology and infrastructure. Project proposals and publications.

Next-gen Distributed Computing: - If your large enterprise is like most, about 10 percent of your available CPU cycles actually gets used -- a fact that is driving enterprises to deploy the next generation of cost-reducing distributed computing architectures.

Open Grid Forum (OGF): - A community-initiated forum of individual researchers and practitioners working on distributed computing, or "grid" technologies.

QUALCOMM | BREW Home: - The BREW solution provides the necessary tools and value-added services to developers, device manufacturers and wireless operators for application development and distribution, device configuration, and billing and payment.




SecurityFocus HOME News: Is Distributed Computing a Crime?: - Article discusses how a computer network administrator faces multiple felony charges and years in a Georgia prison for allegedly installing Distributed.net clients without permission. (December 20, 2001)

Distributed computing gets a corporate twist - Tech News - CNET.com: - "Grid" technology, which distributes computing jobs and databases across numerous servers, has largely been an academic phenomenon. But on Thursday IBM plans to give the idea a corporate twist with its so-called Grid Computing Initiative. (August 1, 2001)

Salon: Distributed.outrage: - University computer administrator accused of "hacking" crimes, for installing a screensaver that supported distributed computing research. (July 17, 2001)

Wired News - Kasparov Goes Bigger than Blue: - World chess champion Garry Kasparov -- famous for tangling with IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer -- takes on the world. His latest game uses distributed computing to connect any challenger. By Joyce Slaton. (June 10, 1999)