Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design (International Computer Science Series)
by By Coulouris, George, Dollimore, Jean, and Kindberg, Tim
Category: Computers , Management Information Systems

This second edition is updated to reflect recent advances in the field.  Emphasizes design approaches such as openness, scalability, transparency, reliability, and security, and introduces new technologies including ATM networking, internetworks, multicast protocols, and distributed memory sharing.  Includes case studies of networking and interprocess communication, distributed file systems, name services, and replication. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.