On the Performance of Web Services

✍ Scribed by Zahir Tari, Ann Khoi Anh Phan, Malith Jayasinghe, Vidura Gamini Abhaya (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 251
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Performance of Web Services provides innovative techniques to improve the performance of Web Services, as well as QoS (Quality of Service) requirements. This includes Qos performance, reliability and security. The author presents two levels of Web Services: the “kernel” (ithe SOAP engine which delivers messages from one point to another through various networks), and the “server side” (which processes heavy load / requests). The primary objective of this book is execution of applications delivered in a timely fashion. Case studies and examples are provided throughout this book.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Background....Pages 15-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Benchmarking SOAP Binding....Pages 35-58
The Use of Similarity & Multicast Protocols to Improve Performance....Pages 59-104
Network Traffic Optimisation....Pages 105-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Scheduling for Heavy Traffic....Pages 141-174
Scheduling with Time Sharing....Pages 175-215
Conclusion....Pages 217-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-244

✦ Subjects

Performance and Reliability; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); System Performance and Evaluation; Computer Applications; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks