Their mistake: to underestimate the power of the Internet's distributed technology to evolve with demand.
For the Nutch project we needed distributed computing technology, we needed to store datasets that were much bigger than we could store on one computer, and we needed to have processes that would run and be coordinated across multiple computers.
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The ubiquity of computer viruses shows what can happen when technology gets distributed.
The more carriers that sign on, the more broadly Google's technology will be distributed.
OsComp Systems, a privately held start-up company based in Houston, Texas, wants to distribute natural gas the way that propane is distributed and has pioneered a compressor technology that it claims will allow it to do so.
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Technology for content distribution and distributed workflows are provided by companies such as Aspera, DataDirect Networks, Harmonic and Nirvanix.
This starts with the nature of how applications are distributed and extends right through to greater technology democracy among the workforce, all without losing control of the user environment.
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Every new technology wave comes with its own catchphrase: distributed computing, client-server, e-business.
Then there's a small-technology approach: solar power, wind energy and distributed generation.
Russell Dietz is vice president and chief technology officer at SafeNet, a global leader in information security, and has more than 25 years of technology experience in the data management, security, embedded and distributed systems industries.
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Distributed generation requires use of the evolving smart grid, which will continue to offer opportunities to technology companies, he said.
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He also stressed that the enhanced planning is technology neutral, meaning planners should consider alternatives to building transmission lines, including energy storage technologies and distributed generation, where energy generating devices are placed close to demand.
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