The word platform is used in several different contexts, usually referring to some kind of standing surface used to support things, give them stability, or visibility:
Distributed COM :: COM
CORBA :: Component Frameworks
Java :: Languages
Jini :: Java
Software :: Bioinformatics

A General-Purpose Heterogeneous Distributed Computing System - Masters thesis by Thomas Keane B.Sc.
Alchemi .NET Grid Computing Framework - Alchemi is an open source software framework that allows you to painlessly aggregate the computing power of networked machines into a virtual supercomputer (computational grid) and to develop .NET applications to run on the grid.
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Apple Advanced Computation Group - Xgrid - Clustering software intended primarily for scientific researchers. Mac OS X only.
Aurora Management Workbench - A software framework for building manageable (i.e, scalable, reliable, and configurable) distributed software applications. A Bell Labs project.
Berkeley NOW (Networks of Workstations) Project - Cluster computing project at the University of California, Berkeley, computer science department.
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing - A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources. Many different projects can use BOINC. Projects are independent; each one operates its own servers and databases. Participants can participate in multiple projects; they control which projects they participate in, and how their resources are divided among these projects. When a project is down or has no work, the resources of its participants are divided among other projects.
Meta Description: [ BOINC is an open-source software platform for computing using volunteered resources ]
Clustopium Cluster Server/Client System - The next step to distributed computer systems, A complete Java framework for implementing MultiNodal processor farms. There is a demo, but the full implementation is for sale.
Cosm - Provides an infrastructure for true distributed computing projects. This includes applications as well as APIs for users to design and build their own projects.
Cougaar Open Source Project - Welcome to the Cognitive Agent Architecture (Cougaar) Open Source Project site. Cougaar is java-based architecture for the construction of large-scale distributed agent-based applications.
DataCutter Project - Research project developing a middleware framework for filtering large, scientific datasets in a cluster or Grid environment. Enables highly efficient exploration and analysis of datasets in distributed and heterogeneous environments.
Distributed Computing With SOAP - Distributed Computing With SOAP. Learn how and why SOAP fits into the big picture of the distributed computing arena.
Economy Grid - Research on the development of economic resource management and scheduling system for global grid computing. Description and papers.
Meta Description: [ The Gridbus Project at the University of Melbourne, Australia develops next-generation Grid technologies for eBusiness and eScience applications ]
GreenTea Java-based P2P Distributed Computing Platform - Can be used for parallel supercomputing, distributed file sharing/searching/storage, distributed storage, and total resource sharing applications.
IBM Distributed Computing Environment - IBM's product offering based on the DCE open standard for distributed computing.
Meta Description: [ The IBM Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) is a comprehensive suite of integrated, yet modular, products which support transparent file access and secure resource sharing in heterogeneous, networked computing environments. DCE V3.2 for AIX® and DCE V3.2 for Solaris enables administrators to... ]
Internet Based Distributed Super Computer - Build a supercomputer using wasted CPU cycles of home and office computers. (A fledgling project looking for a sponsor and participants.)
Meta Description: [ Internet Based Distributed Super Computer ]
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Jtrix - A platform for developing adaptive, scalable applications capable of migration. Framework source code, documentation, and information about projects using the framework available.
Meta Description: [ Jtrix is an open source, LGPL, distributed computing platform for developing adaptive, scalable applications. ]
JXTA - Language- and platform-independent protocol for peer-to-peer networking, developed by Sun. Initial implementation in Java. [Open Source, BSD-like]
Meta Description: [ SourceCast, a collaborative software development platform from CollabNet ]
Legion - Generic middleware for creating a worldwide virtual computer.
MacDevCenter.com: Integrating Xgrid into Cocoa Applications, Part 1 - In this first of two articles exploring Xgrid, Drew McCormack provides a little background information, then moves to installation, and finishes off with a command-line script for distributing compilation using Xgrid.
Meta Description: [ In this first of two articles exploring Xgrid, Drew McCormack provides you with a little background information, then moves to installation, and finishes off with a command-line script for distributing compilation using Xgrid. ]
MacDevCenter.com: Integrating Xgrid into Cocoa Applications, Part 2 - In Part 1, Drew McCormack showed how to install and start using Xgrid. Now in Part 2, he covers integration with Cocoa.
Meta Description: [ Last week in Part 1, Drew McCormack showed you how to install and start using Xgrid. Now in Part 2, he covers integration with Cocoa. ]
Microsoft's Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) - Protocol that enables software components to communicate over a network in a reliable, secure, and efficient manner.
Object Management Group - Distributed object computing industry standards group founded in 1989. Defined standards include CORBA and IIOP.
OSF Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - An industry-standard, vendor-neutral set of distributed computing technologies. Provides scalable organization of users and shared data, along with basic services such as security and naming.
Meta Description: [ The Open Group holds the UNIX trademark
in trust for the industry, and manages the UNIX trademark licensing program. ]
Q²ADPZ - Collaborative Computing - An Open-Source project that provides software to distribute work over many computers in a network. The machines are only used during idle-time and can be in use for other things.
QUALCOMM - BREW - QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW). A complete, open solution for wireless applications development, device configuration, application distribution, billing and payment.
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Quickstone Technologies Limited - Supplier of the a Java-based distributed computing framework called JCSP. JCSP is particularly easy to program and promotes a message-passing style of concurrent programming.
SDSC Storage Resource Broker (SRB) - SDSC SRB provides the abstraction mechanisms needed to implement very large distributed environments like data grids, digital libraries, and persistent archives for data sharing, data publication, and data preservation.
Sengent - A distributed financial agent that provides investment advice. Product information, download, and technical support.
Meta Description: [ sengent.com ]
Sensei: Active components replication - Sensei is a project supporting the development of fault tolerant applications using active replication. Its interface is specified in CORBA and JavaRMI, supporting both architectures independently.
Meta Description: [ sensei ]
STORM - Research project developing middleware designed to support data select, indexing, and transfer operations on large scientific datasets in a grid or clustered computing environment.
Meta Description: [ STORM Project home page, with project overview, news, and events ]
The sandboss distributed application framework generator - An open source framework generator creating communications, persistency, UI forms, configuration management and runtime control infrastructure from data and processing definitions.
United Devices, Inc. - Edge aggregation architecture that harnesses unused computer resources. Client software works on one of a variety of projects.
Meta Description: [ United Devices delivers application-centric virtualization solutions for data center and HPC environments based on industry-leading grid technology. ]
XDAQ Data Acquisition Toolkit Web Site - European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN. Current distributed XDAQ framework project. A framwork for distributed data acquisition application. Maintained by Johannes Gutleber and Luciano Orsini
XtremWeb Global Computing Network - Harnesses spare computing power from clients for work on different projects.
ZetaGrid - An open source and platform independent grid system that uses idle CPU cycles from participating computers. ZetaGrid solves one problem in practice: numerical verification of the Riemann Hypothesis.
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