I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

Whenever you use an ATM to check your balance or withdraw some money, you are actually participating in a client-server interaction with a computer on your bank's network. A client-server network ...

Today’s Internet is witnessing a revolution. A revolution that strives to change one of its basic features. A revolution where network endpoints — or clients, such as desktop PCs, mobile phones, PDAs, ...

A peek into the existing quality control labs shows that analytical systems are usually configured such that data storage, measurements, and system maintenance are all carried out with the help of a ...