Download or read book Distributed Systems written by George F. Coulouris and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2005 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up-to-date coverage of the latest development in this fast moving area, including the debate between components and web services as the way for the industry to go, increased emphasis on security and the arrival of ubiquitous computing in the form of, among other things, The Grid.