Distributed Computing

In the last century, computers have shown the enormous performance they can achieve through calculations - we are currently experiencing the shift from industrial society to an information and knowledge-based society. Evidently a direct result of information technology. According to an anecdote, IBM in 1943 estimated that the global demand for computers would not exceed five. Yet, everything has transpired differently. Even larger computers are required for even larger tasks. PC's are a mass market, and mainframe computers can be found in many firms and research facilities.

Today, most individual PC's can outperform many older mainframe computers - even in the stock analysis sector. The knowledge essential for the proper compilation of the required program or for configuring available software, however, is vast, and a small computer is not sufficient for the big picture of the stock exchange. For this purpose, banks use mainframe computers.

The idea behind MoneyBee® is fairly simple: what one cannot manage alone, many can manage together, and interconnection is quick and cost effective to implement via the Internet (Distributed Computing - DC). In order to avoid having too many cooks spoil the so-called broth, the distribution of tasks to each individual computer calls for meticulous planning. The users provide the computing capacity - we take care of all other tasks in the central BienenStock® database: configuring and improving the neural nets, the effective compilation of new tasks and administration and analysis of all submitted data packets. No previous knowledge is required of the user - many will, however, be interested in the method. The most important questions will be answered on these background information pages.

The vast spread of PC's and the possibility of interconnecting them via internal networks or even globally via the Internet has prompted several, different projects to take advantage of DC. MoneyBee® is a special case, since it offers the Internet user a particularly appealing use value. For further information on the topic, we have compiled a list of references.