<p> October 2015: Compiled by FET staff on behalf of FESS Minor Award Name Distributed Systems Minor Award Code 6N0856 Level 6</p><p>Suggested resources to support delivery:</p><p>Theme/Topic Type Relevance Author/Source Web Link Distributed Book This book describes the types of distributed Authors: Andrew S. http://www.amazon.com/ Architecture systems that exist. It discusses the Tanenbaum and Maarten Distributed-Systems- Models architectures and middleware. It provides Van Steen. Published by Principles-Paradigms- examples of distributed systems. Prentice Hall. Edition/dp/0132392275</p><p>Authors: George Book This book discusses various types of distributed Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, models. It provides various case study Tim Kindberg and Gordon http://www.amazon.com/ examples of distributed system applications. Blair. Published by Distributed-Systems- Addison Wesley Concepts-Design- Publications. Edition/dp/0132143011 </p><p>This book discusses distributed shared Authors: A. D. 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