A Multi-Agent Infrastructure And A Service Level Agreement Negotiation Protocol For Robust Scheduling In Grid Computing
White Papers This paper proposes a new infrastructure for efficient job scheduling on the Grid using multi-agent systems and a market-like Service Level Agreement (SLA) negotiation protocol based on the well known Contract Net Protocol.
[August 9, 2006, 1:00]
SAS9 Software Performance On IBM EServer P5 Systems
White Papers The effect on performance of POWER5 Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) is also documented. This paper details the SAS9 software performance on the IBM POWER5 based eServer p5 systems in the areas of workload, single user, simultaneous jobs, scaling...
[November 4, 2004, 2:00]
Inside Mac OS X Public Beta, Part II
News Longtime Mac users might be taken aback by the Mac OS X beta's need for a user name and password when starting up or rebooting the computer -- a remnant of NeXTstep, which was designed for a multi-user, networked environment.
[September 12, 2000, 8:08]
Exclusive: Mac OS 9.1 Lost Weight Say Sources
News However, Open Transport 3.0 -- a significant revision to Apple's network communication system that was intended to include long-awaited multi-homing capabilities -- was pulled from OS 9.1 due to problems in development.
[January 12, 2001, 8:41]
Martin Veitch's Diary
News That possibly skips the truth that his track record as a leader of multi-billion dollar firms ain't all that. The lantern-jawed icon Jobs may be coming back as chairman, says the rumour. According to reports, the Oracle oracle says Jobs will after...
[August 2, 1997, 8:00]
AT&T Announces Broadband Biz Services
News Multi-user plans will cost between $149 to $469 per month, with an additional $50 per month charge for ongoing support services. Separately, newspapers reported Wednesday that AT&T could cut thousands of jobs in its long distance division before...
[September 16, 1999, 10:01]
