Publisher's Synopsis
Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology computing combines processing power by sharing over the Internet or a corporate Intranet. It can dramatically increase computing power to create a virtual supercomputer. The publicity surrounding Napster's P2P technology in the consumer market has fueled a hunger for P2P in the enterprise. More than a hundred new companies have formed, each offering P2P solutions that can harness the power of distributed computing for the enterprise. The majority of P2P implementations to date have been in either biotech or financial institutions where incredible amounts of calculations must take place simultaneously. "Distributed Science" harnessed 158,000 computers worldwide to process thousands of complex, chemical equations overnight that normally would have taken months to complete. Also, many hardware and software manufacturers are utilizing P2P computing to accelerate product development cycles. This book discuss the challenges of designing and implementing a secure, high-speed P2P network in a corporate environment.
