Towards Balanced Computing
Weaving Peer-to-Peer Technologies into the Fabric of Computing over the Net

Agenda

What is P2P

P2P Topologies

The User-Centric Approach

Internet Transitions

Coming Waves of Innovation

Taxonomy of P2P Applications

Collaboration Trends

The Realities Facing P2P

Technical Challenges

Social Barriers

Organizing the Required Features

Web Services

Peer-to-Peer Extensions for Web Services

Peer-to-Peer Technology is Rebalancing Distributed Computing

Balanced Computing Vision

Outlook

Summary