Scalable Information Systems: 4th International ICST Conference, INFOSCALE 2009, Hong Kong, June 10-11, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

In view of the incessant growth of data and knowledge and the continued diversifi— tion of information dissemination on a global scale, scalability has become a ma— stream research area in computer science and information systems. The ICST INFO— SCALE conference is one of the premier forums for presenting new and exciting research related to all aspects of scalability, including system architecture, resource management, data management, networking, and performance. As the fourth conf— ence ...