N-Tier architecture is just another way of saying distributed application.

A client and a server is an N-tiered architecture, a presentation layer, a
business layer and a data layer is an n-tiered architecture. It can be
implemented on a single or multiple machines. the n-tierdness (if there is
such a word) refers to the factoring out of the seperate units that make up
an application.

I believe that MS are not devoting a whole great deal of effort toward
remoting, and also there are issues to consider such as opening up ports in
the firewall etc., personally I would go for WebServices since these are used
over port 80 which is generally open for internet acccess, and all the client
needs know is the URL.

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