Cloud Computing: Cornell's Weatherspoon Aims to Fix Internet 'Potholes'
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
To avoid the congestion of the public internet, scientists, the military and the managers of huge "cloud computing" data centers have created private information superhighways - dedicated fiber-optic systems known as lambda networks. As it turns out, these private internet highways are riddled with potholes.