NETWORKING 2009: 8th International IFIP-TC 6 Networking Conference, Aachen, Germany, May 11-15, 2009, Proceedings

“What a difierence a year makes – 52 little weeks” This variation of the first line from Dinah Washington’s famous song, which originally reads, “What a difierence a day makes — 24 little hours,” brings it to the point: According to all experts, the press, and most people’s impression we are today in a serious economic recession. Less than one year ago, we practically lived on the “island of the blessed” (namely, at Networking 2008 that was held on the island of Singapore), or in the famous...