Middleware 2008: ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9th International Middleware Conference Leuven, Belgium, December 1-5, 2008 Proceedings

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Middleware Con— rence, held in Leuven, Belgium during December 1–4, 2008. This year marked the ninth rendition of this annual conference in its current format initially — opted in 1998, aspiring to serve as the premier venue focusing exclusively on important middleware results. A lot has happened over the intervening 10—year span. Middleware has become pervasive in an increasinglyinterconnected world, with its concepts now securely e...