Social Networking Infrastructures
May/June 2012
Despite this success of online social networks (OSNs), the research community must address significant challenges to enable further development of these services, including the development, deployment, management, and operation of scalable, secure, and interoperable OSN infrastructures. Read full article »
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IEEE Internet Computing covers all aspects of Internet computing, from programming and standards to security and networking. Published bimonthly, the magazine offers peer-reviewed feature, department, and column articles for both industry and academic readers.
Articles from IEEE Internet Computing
The Linked Data Strategy for Global Identity
Identity at Web scale is tricky. Tim Berners-Lee’s proposed solution of using HTTP URIs to identify everything, including real-world entities and intangible concepts, is examined. Read full article »
Context-Aware Computing: Beyond Search and Location-Based Services
"Context is the unstated actor in human communications, actions, and situations," undergirding an emerging system architecture for pervasive automated reasoning. Read full article »
Security Challenges for the Public Cloud
Cloud computing represents today's most exciting computing paradigm shift in information technology. However, security and privacy are perceived as primary obstacles to its wide adoption. Read full article »
PNUTS in Flight: Web-Scale Data Serving at Yahoo
Eight Yahoo researchers describe recent developments in the company's large-scale, data-serving Platform for Nimble Universal Table Storage (PNUTS), known internally as the Sherpa system. Read full article »
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