Technologies for Building Distributed Applications
Many technologies exist for building cluster environments or creating distributed applications. The sections that follow describe examples of two such technologies.
CORBA
Probably the best known technology for building distributed applications is the Object Management Group Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). First released in October 1991, CORBA 1.0 defined an open, vendor-independent architecture and infrastructure and not a specific product. This architecture and infrastructure enables companies to compete on implementation of the specification but remain compatible and interoperable. Object request brokers (ORBs) are currently available from Inprise, Iona Technologies Ltd., ...
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