Here I argue, contrary to several advocates of distributed cognitive systems, that we should regard the human components of distributed cognitive systems as the only sources of agency within such ...

The highly centralized enterprise data center is becoming a thing of the past, as organizations must embrace a more distributed model to deal with everything from content management to big data. Here ...

For example, in Amazon, a high-traffic database can cost millions per year. With hundreds of distributed systems, these costs add up to hundreds of millions, making optimization crucial for long ...