Many of the ideas developed at the center translated to software systems. Several of these systems are openly available and some are pretty popular. For example, it was reported to us that on May 2001 mod_backhand was powering about 10,000 web sites on the Internet. We will not be surprised if the Spread Toolkit will surpass that (assuming this did not happen already - much harder to know...)

A more direct approach involves commercial companies:

Spread Concepts LLC
Spread Concepts is focused on high performance, highly available distributed systems. By creating simple, flexible and secure technologies, designed with a strong theoretical foundation, Spread Concepts hopes to bridge the gap and create cross-fertilization between the real world and academic research.

D-Fusion Inc.
D-Fusion was formed, with the help of Hopkins, by two graduate students that wanted to take their research to the next level upon graduation. D-fusion's goal is to develop the de facto standard Internet infrastructure software tool that will make the entire Web (static and dynamic content) visible and detectable in near-real-time. D-Fusions clients use this platform tool to detect, monitor, and mine business critical information.

OmniTI Inc.
Omniti was formed by another member of our team. It is a highly efficient hands-on company that manages other people Internet infrastructure. Although not formally connected with the center, OmniTI makes considerable impact on the center's research and many times serves as the first adopter of center's technology.