For years, cloud computing was synonymous with centralization. That era is over. Enter: the distributed cloud.

Distributed operating systems, defined as such, have not become as widely used by any stretch in comparison to Linux, Unix and Windows, which thrive in millions of networks. See Plan 9 and Inferno .

Distributed operating systems let you fuse a collection of processors into one virtual machine that is independent of the system architecture. System performance, however, will rely heavily on how ...

Microsoft has applied for a patent for a distributed operating system that matches the description of one its researchers have been developing, known as Helios. (Thanks to ZDNet blogger @Manan for ...

The idea of a distributed operating system has been around in academia for a long time. Professor Andrew Tanenbaum, who once famously told Linus Torvalds that his operating system was "obsolete ...

Hybrid distributed systems, which integrate many architectures or concepts, are also distributed systems. For instance, a distributed system might use a P2P design for file sharing and a client ...

It's time for a distributed operating system that provides "that common layer of abstraction across these heterogeneous and distributed cloud resources," she says.

The Apstra Operating System (AOS) Delivers Real-time Network Visibility, Operational Simplicity, Control, and Choice to Reduce Network Complexity and TCO MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Users ...