I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

Developers at Google Inc. are rethinking the standard client-server model in rendering applications. Apps might better serve individual web browsers or entities like Facebook Inc. or Twitter Inc.

You've got data on your server that you need in your page. Here are all the solutions you require, including one that will make your application more scalable. The normal processing cycle for an ...

The primary function of a client-server system is to create a division of labor between a centralized server and the individual computers that are running your software. This model has a number of ...

Developers, listen up: Everything you’re doing now will be irrelevant within the next ten years. The way you think about and build applications, services, and software — along with the tools you use ...

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...