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On Scalability of Proximity-Aware Peer-to-Peer Streaming
White Paper P2P (Peer-to-Peer) technology has proved itself an efficient and cost-effective solution to support large-scale multimedia streaming. Different from traditional P2P applications, the quality of P2P streaming is strictly determined by performance... [04 Aug 2008]
QoS Issues With the L-Store Distributed File System
White Paper To address this problem, the Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE) at Vanderbilt is developing a flexible storage framework called Logistical Storage (L-Store). As the flood of data associated with leading edge instruments... [18 Jul 2008]
Modularizing Variability and Scalability Concerns in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems With Modeling Tools and Component Middleware
White Paper Developing real-time software for large-scale Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems is hard due to variabilities that arise from integration with various subsystems based on different programming languages and hardware, OS, middleware... [11 Jul 2008]
Performance Evaluation of an Adaptive Middleware Load Balancing and Monitoring Service
White Paper As middleware-based distributed applications become more pervasive, the need to improve the scalability of these applications becomes increasingly important. One way to improve scalability is via load balancing. [10 Jul 2008]
Evaluating the Performance of Middleware Load Balancing Strategies
White Paper This paper presents three contributions to research on middleware load balancing. First, it describes the design of Cygnus, which is an extensible open-source middleware framework developed to support adaptive and nonadaptive load balancing... [10 Jul 2008]
The Design of an Adaptive Middleware Load Balancing and Monitoring Service
White Paper Middleware is increasingly used as the infrastructure for applications with stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, including scalability. One way to improve the scalability of distributed applications is to use adaptive middleware to... [10 Jul 2008]
Counter Terrorism Planning & Response Efforts: Training for University Hospital Medical Staff
White Paper Vanderbilt Environmental Health & Safety (VEHS) provides a full spectrum of safety services and information to support the teaching, research, and patient care missions for Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. [03 Jul 2008]
National Emphasis on Security: Implications for State and Local Transportation Policy
White Paper Since September 11, 2001, federal, state and local governments and most other institutions in the U.S.have focused their attention on "security" - looking for ways to make U.S.and communities safer from terrorism and other threats to public safety... [03 Jul 2008]
Surgery Intake and Tracking System Boosts Efficiency, Patient Safety, Bottom Line
White Paper Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is Tennessee's largest and most prestigious medical facility. A decade ago, its anesthesiologists initiated the development of an easy-to-use, electronic anesthesia documentation solution that has evolved... [16 Apr 2008]
Everything to Gain and Little to Lose With Red Hat Enterprise Linux
White Paper Ranked consistently in the top tier of U.S.colleges and universities, Vanderbilt University is internationally known for its cutting edge technology and research programs coupled with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. [15 May 2007]
OASiS: A Programming Framework for Service-Oriented Sensor Networks
White Paper Wireless sensor networks consist of small, inexpensive devices which interact with the environment, communicate with each other, and perform distributed computations in order to monitor spatio-temporal phenomena. [21 Mar 2007]
OASiS: A Programming Framework for Service-Oriented Sensor Networks
White Paper Wireless sensor networks consist of small, inexpensive devices which interact with the environment, communicate with each other, and perform distributed computations in order to monitor spatio-temporal phenomena. [21 Mar 2007]
Vanderbilt University Consolidates Its Medical Center and University Onto an Enterprise Grid to Achieve 120% ROI in Five Years
White Paper By the late 1990s, as Vanderbilt University's programs and services came to rely on electronic data, its aging HP and IBM mainframe servers couldn't scale to keep up with the changes. Vanderbilt deployed a consolidated data warehouse on Oracle Real... [08 May 2005]
Web-Based Courseware Application Usability
White Paper Courseware packages are software applications that facilitate distribution of information from professors to students, as well as communication among students in a class. Most commercial off-the-shelf courseware solutions are web-based and do not... [16 Apr 2005]
CAPE: A Visual Language for Courseware Authoring
White Paper Applications of technology to teaching and learning at school, home, and the office are increasing at a rapid pace. There are legitimate concerns that the demand for courseware is already exceeding the supply - a situation that, at least in part... [13 Apr 2005]
