The primary function of a client-server system is to create a division of labor between a centralized server and the individual computers that are running your software. This model has a number of ...

Local area networks are now a part of most businesses and organizations, providing connectivity between computers, printers and other devices and facilitating efficient communications within a ...

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...

Some of the most innovative and revolutionary results occur when methods from one field are combined with methods from another. Networked file systems, digital signal processing and graphical user ...

I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

Explaining the ongoing evolution from client-server to cloud-native, source of much confusion and misdirection when comparing SaaS offerings There are many definitions of software as a service (SaaS).

Developers, listen up: Everything you’re doing now will be irrelevant within the next ten years. The way you think about and build applications, services, and software — along with the tools you use ...