Legitimate Applications of Peer-to-Peer Networks

By Dinesh C. Verma

Subjects: Electronic data processing, Computer network architectures, Engineering, Technology, Electronic data processing, distributed processing, Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks), Development, Nonfiction, Distributed processing, Application software

Description: The book examines the different legitimate applications used over a peer-to-peer network (p2p) The material examines the design and development of novel applications designed to leverage the distributed nature of peer-to-peer environments Goes beyond the most popular application of file-sharing (including sharing of video and audio files) and discusses the many different applications Compares traditional and peer-to-peer infrastructure and discusses merits and demerits of each approach from a business perspective