Confluence of Technologies

• Cluster-based scalable distribution, remote execution, management, monitoring tools

  • UCB Millennium, OSCAR, ..., Utah Emulab, ...

• CDNS and P2Ps

  • Gnutella, Kazaa, ...

• Proxies routine

• Virtual machines & Sandboxing

  • VMWare, Janos, Denali,... web-host slices (EnSim)

• Overlay networks becoming ubiquitous

  • xBone, RON, Detour... Akamai, Digital Island, ....

• Service Composition Frameworks

  • yahoo, ninja, .net, websphere, Eliza

• Established internet ‘crossroads’ – colos

• Web Services / Utility Computing

• Authentication infrastructure (grid)

• Packet processing (layer 7 switches, NATs, firewalls)

• Internet instrumentation

The Time is NOW

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