Int. J. Information Technology and Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2006 87 Copyright © 2006 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Distributed shared memory for object allocation in DCS Deo Prakash Vidyarthi* School of Computer and System Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India E-mail: dpv@mail.jnu.ac.in *Corresponding author Kirti Rani Department of Computer Science Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, India E-mail: dollykirti@yahoo.com Abstract: Distributed Computing Systems allows concurrent execution of computational jobs besides offering other benefits. Object allocation is a natural requirement as both the hardware and the software adapt the object-oriented technology. In this paper, we elaborate how a distributed shared memory may facilitate in object allocation on object-oriented distributed computing systems. Keywords: Distributed Computing Systems (DCS); task allocation; object-oriented system; Distributed Shared Memory (DSM). Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Vidyarthi, D.P. and Rani, K. (2006) ‘Distributed shared memory for object allocation in DCS’, Int. J. Information Technology and Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.87–91. Biographical notes: Deo Prakash Vidyarthi received his Master’s Degree in Computer Application from MMM Engineering College, Gorakhpur in 1991 and his PhD in Computer Science from Jabalpur University, in 2002. He has taught UG and PG courses in the Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for more than 12 years. Currently, he is Associate Professor in the School of Computer and System Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interests include parallel and distributed systems grid computing and mobile computing. Kirti Rani received her Master’s Degree in Computer Application from Jabalpur University. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in the field of distributed systems.