Peer to Peer Computing: The Evolution of Disruptive Technology takes a holistic approach to the affects P2P Computing has on a number a disciplines. Some of those areas covered within this book include grid computing, web services, bio-informatics, security, finance and economics, collaboration, and legal issues. Unique in its approach, Peer to Peer Computing includes current articles from academics as well as IT practitioners and consultants from around the world. As a result, the book strikes a balance for many readers. Neither too technical or too managerial, Peer to Peer Computing appeals to the needs of both researchers and practitioners who are trying to gain a more thorough understanding of current P2P technologies and their emerging ramifications.

Table of Contents:
Foreword; John Patrick; Introduction: Peer-to-peer Computing: The Evolution of a Dirsuptive Technology; Ramesh Subramanian, Quinnipiac University, USA; Brian D. Goodman, IBM, USA; Section 1: Then and now - Understanding P2P spirit, networks, content distribution and data storage; Chapter 1: Core Concepts in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking; Detlef Schoder, Kai Fischbach, and Christian Schmitt, University of Cologne, Germany; Chapter 2: Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution Networks; Choon Hoong Ding, Sarana Nutanong, Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 3: Using Peer-to-peer systems for Data Management; Dinesh C. Verma, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; Chapter 4: Peer to Peer Information Storage and Discovery Systems; Cristina Schmidt and Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA; Section 2: Systems and assets - issues arising from decentralized networks in security and law; Chapter 5 : Peer-to-Peer Security Issues in Nomadic Networks; Ross Lee Graham, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden; Chapter 6: Potential data security issues in a P2P network; Sridhar Asvathanarayanan, X.L. America, Inc., USA; Chapter 7: Security and Trust in P2P Systems; Michael Bursell, Arcot Systems, Essex, UK; Chapter 8: Peer to Peer Technology and the Copyright Crossroads; Stacey Dogan, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, USA; Section 3: P2P Domain Proliferation - perspectives and influences of peer concepts on collaboration, web services and grid computing; Chapter 9 : Personal Peer-to-Peer Collaboration based on Shared Objects; Werner Geyer, Li-Te Cheng, Michael J. Muller, IBM T.J. Watson Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Juergen Vogel, University of Mannheim, Germany; Chapter 10: Let me know what you know: ReachOut as a model for a P2P knowledge sharing network; Vladimir Soroka, Michal Jacovi, Yoelle S. Maarek, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Haifa, Israel; Chapter 11: Grid Economics: 10 Lessons from Finance for commercial sharing of IT resources; Giorgos Cheliotis, IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland, Chris Kenyon, IBM Research, Zurich Research Lab, Zurich, Switzerland; Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 12: Applications of Web Services in Bioinformatics; Xin Li & Aryya Gangopadhyay, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, MD, USA; Chapter 13: Content Delivery Services in a Grid Environment; Irwin Boutboul and Dikran S Meliksetian, IBM, Internet Technology