Cloud computing is the new darling of enterprise computing, but not every enterprise needs to use or pay for the cloud. In many cases, peer-to-peer computing works better and is less expensive because ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is spearheading an open-source initiative to develop peer-to-peer protocols, giving a welcome boost to a new technology that promises to harness idle computing power, better ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. last week used its JavaOne conference to highlight Project JXTA, a new peer-to-peer computing effort that faces skeptics who say they have heard it all before. First announced in ...

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