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 ...

An operating system designed to work in a network. More complex than a centralized or decentralized architecture, each computer in a distributed system operates and scales independently but is part of ...

In this paper, the authors aim at providing a complete survey of distributed operating systems. This paper also explains in detail about various key design issues involved in the building of such ...

Automation not only cuts costs by abstracting away undifferentiated labor, it’s also grease on the wheels that keep developer operations rolling along in the technology sector. Elements stuck in ...

Cloud operating system company Nimbula has introduced Nimbula Director 1.5, the newest release of its cloud operating system that helps enterprises and service providers build powerful private, hybrid ...

With the Ubuntu distribution of Linux turning 21 years old this month, students' opinions vary on its relative merits.