Folks often get confused about the difference between centralized (a.k.a., asymmetrical or single ended) and distributed (a.k.a., symmetrical or dual-ended) application performance solutions.

Microsoft and Docker this week launched a new specification called Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB) to address the needs of organizations that build and maintain distributed applications. CNAB ...

Actors make it easier to build and manage scalable, distributed cloud applications. Each actor can send and receive messages and taking certain actions based on message contents Building for the cloud ...

These distributed apps are resilient and enable everything from asset tracking to identity verification — oh, and some pretty cool role-playing games, too. Imagine an application that doesn’t run on ...

Microsoft and Docker on Tuesday announced a new specification and a new tool for organizations and developers managing distributed applications. The new specification is called Cloud Native ...

Distributed application platform provider Akka said today it’s launching two new deployment options for developers looking for more versatile ways to deploy agent artificial intelligence applications ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Dapr (distributed application runtime) is a self-hosted, open-source project that offers extra functionality to ...

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

The difference between distributed computing and concurrent programming is a common area of confusion as there is a significant amount of overlap between the two when you set out to accomplish ...