On-line business transaction processing systems have so far been based on centralized or client-server architectures. It is our firm belief--and it has also been recognized by the research and industrial community--that such systems may also be based on the constantly evolving decentralized peer-to-peer

On-line business transaction processing systems have so far been based on centralized or client-server architectures. It is our firm belief–and it has also been recognized by the research and industrial community–that such systems may also be based on the constantly evolving decentralized peer-to-peer

In the area of electronic and mobile commerce there are unique legal risks as well as concerns that also apply to traditional businesses. This paper reviews the impact of peer-to-peer e-business models in a legal and technical context with a view to formulating technical and legal policy

-notification based architecture and formal framework towards unifying these two computing paradigms to provide essential functions required for automating e-business applications and facilitating service publication, discovery and exchange.

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been drawing significant attention in the area of information management and sharing recently. Unlike the World Wide Web (WWW), every peer in a P2P network is both client and server. It hosts information for sharing and submits queries to search for information from

Abstract. Since file sharing tools as eDonkey or Grokster are one of the fa-vourite applications for a large number of internet users, the peer-to-peer para-digm experiences a new boom, as it enables very robust, scalable and fault-tolerant architectures. Indeed, the functionality of current

Abstract. Today, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, e.g., filesharing networks like Gnutella, are specialised towards specific purposes. New P2P networks have to be created and installed to support new purposes. Furthermore, current P2P networks are almost impossible to use in business processes, because

in highly dynamic computer networks. A more appealing architecture is the one based on peer-to-peer systems. In these systems every peer acts as both client and server, and provides part of the overall information available from a distributed environment, without relying on a single global view

Peer-to-Peer systems can provide an effective e-business solution and a rich communication medium for work groups in University Campus, Research Lab, Enterprise, Finance environments. The need for coordinated resource sharing and problem solving in large, multi-institutional Virtual Organizations

level, the impact of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing on Knowledge Management has been specifically identified as file sharing, distributed content networks, collaboration, and search. Potential applications for P2PKM systems include, among others, E-Learning in higher and distance education, real time