This article: Describes a poor customer experience created by poorly implemented distributed systems. Illustrates the complexity and interconnectedness of the multiple business entities that participate in a single retail transaction. 1140 words, estimated reading...
Consistency and Timeliness of Data in Distributed Computing Introduction This story uses an example of dynamic pricing in the low-cost airlines ticketing industry to show how the consistency and timeliness of data is an essential component of a concurrent system. I’ll...
Eight important concepts when scoring medical data The Institutional Review Board (IRB), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the United States, and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union, impose significant...
