This volume focuses on the design, implementation, deployment and evaluation of distributed systems platforms and architectures for future networked environments. Issues addresses in the text include: ORB architectures and engineering; event based systems; workflow environments; scalability in distributed systems platforms; availability and integrity; mobile objects; component architectures; type safety and security; web services; and application services. This book compiles the proceedings of Middleware '98, the IFIP International Conference on Distributed Systems Platforms and Open...