Distributed Computing Environment

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Version 1.1

• Open Software Foundation (OSF, now The Open Group)

Architecture

DCE Architecture

Distributed Applications
Security Service	Distributed File System			Management
	Time Service	Cell Directory Service	Global Directory Service
	Remote Procedure Call (DCE-RPC)
Threads Service
Operating System and Transport Interfaces

Remote Procedure Call

DEC/HP Network Computing System

Threads Service

Based on DEC Concert Multithread Architecture, POSIX 1003.4a

Products

• IBM Distributed Computing Environment 2.1
• IBM Directory and Security Server for OS/2 Warp (Jul 1996)

Standards

• ANSI.C, American National Standard X3.159-1989
• CCITT Blue Book, Fascicle VIII.4, International Telecommunications Union, 1988
• Information Processing - Programming Language C, ISO Draft International Standard DIS9899

Articles

• Mustering DCE Registry Objects with the Managed Object Class Library
• Strategies for Using the DCE Managed Object Class Library
• Enabling DCE Application Servers for System Management