Dew Computing: Concept and Its Implementation Strategy

Dew computing is one of the distributed computing paradigms which is considered as an extension of the cloud computing paradigm. In dew computing, users can perform full system functionality without depending on internet availability. All data will be stored on the local storage of the user's device, and when an internet connection is available, synchronization will be carried out to synchronize the information on cloud-based applications. There have been many implementations of dew computing in existing applications, but research done in the field of dew computing is not as much as in other distributed computing fields. This study intends to discuss the dew computing concept and its implementation, what constraints might exist on implementation, and what strategies need to be considered in designing dew computing implementations. The results is a proposed framework for consideration on determining the specifications of applications running on dew computing, both for desktop, mobile and cloud environments, which covered four aspects, which are: data storage, synchronization, authorization and collaboration.