For years, cloud computing was synonymous with centralization. That era is over. Enter: the distributed cloud.

From improved security and fault tolerance to faster peer-to-peer interactions, decentralization delivers real-world ...

Architectures for card issuance systems can be categorized as either centralized or distributed in nature. Each scenario presents a unique set of opportunities, and perhaps more importantly, security ...

This article reviews and compares two popular consolidation models: centralized and distributed. By describing work done in recent projects, it exposes the benefits and challenges of each model.

If distributed generation is in place, utilities may be able to reduce or defer expenditures on this compensation equipment. Distributed PV can help with system recovery following an outage.

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 ...

A centralized, mainframe computer environment meant that centralized security was supported and often enforced by the architecture of the computer system itself. But that era was short-lived.

A common feature of many existing digital currency blockchain systems is the use of distributed chain growth. This results in decentralized, or distributed, growth of the blockchain. There is no ...

They have or are moving them to a centralized data center, supported by a (hopefully) robust, reliable WAN. In fact, 57% already are completely centralized, and another 32% have most centralized.

Consolidated data centers that boost processing power with high-capacity systems and save power using the latest green technologies are all the rage.