diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6350054..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-  <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>btreeapp</name>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index 82919ca..ba296ac 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
index b6e8c72..8785f16 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index a6c7ea6..e9c3b1c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
index d24ba33..f9e567c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 5aa338a..bb3e174 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 277668b..1b4bb40 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec6747d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
+  <artifactId>btreeserver</artifactId>
+  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>btreeserver</name>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd598d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<assembly>
+  <id>binary-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>dir</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
index 0ff4fc3..d8a4367 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
   <modules>
     <module>btreehelper</module>
     <module>btreeclient</module>
-    <module>btreeapp</module>
+    <module>btreeserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index 2f0b00f..dd96db8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/conf/local_cluster.conf b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/conf/local_cluster.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/conf/local_cluster.conf
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/conf/local_cluster.conf
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file1.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file1.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file1.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file2.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file2.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file2.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file2.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/job/wordcount/wordcount.job b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
similarity index 61%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
index 70c663d..b538db5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
-  <artifactId>hadoopcompatapp</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>hadoopcompatserver</artifactId>
   <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoopcompatapp</name>
+  <name>hadoopcompatserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
@@ -12,49 +12,31 @@
   </parent>
 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -65,7 +47,7 @@
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
               </descriptors>
             </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -80,8 +62,7 @@
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
-          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
-          <hyracksCLIHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksCLIHome>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/hadoopcompatserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -91,9 +72,6 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>start-cc</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>hyracks-nc1-start</id>
@@ -105,7 +83,6 @@
               <nodeId>NC1</nodeId>
               <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
               <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -118,29 +95,16 @@
               <nodeId>NC2</nodeId>
               <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
               <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
-            <id>deploy-app</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <id>stop-services</id>
+            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
+              <goal>stop-services</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-              <appName>compat</appName>
-              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/hadoopcompatapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
-	     <execution>
-	       <id>stop-services</id>
-	       <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
-	       <goals>
-	         <goal>stop-services</goal>
-	       </goals>
-             </execution>
-          </executions>
+        </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -174,6 +138,20 @@
         <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
      </dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd598d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<assembly>
+  <id>binary-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>dir</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index a2cf5ae..0614034 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <modules>
     <module>hadoopcompathelper</module>
     <module>hadoopcompatclient</module>
-    <module>hadoopcompatapp</module>
+    <module>hadoopcompatserver</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 023bdd9..ce2eb83 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         nc2.start();
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
         }
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
index e0b8c73..279e5f9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
         }
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
         }
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index ba8649e..367e0a5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
   <modules>
     <module>texthelper</module>
     <module>textclient</module>
-    <module>textapp</module>
+    <module>textserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index d593ef9..901f1fb2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
           <id>textclient</id>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
index 943f232..18813a7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileSplits;
 
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@
 
             System.out.print(i + "\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
             hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
             System.out.println("\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
index 31019ab..5b6fad9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileSplits;
 
@@ -101,8 +98,8 @@
                 options.algo, options.htSize, options.sbSize, options.format);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job, options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME)
-                : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
+                options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file1.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file1.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file1.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file2.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file2.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file2.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file2.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
similarity index 66%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
index 8ac69d8..1b1f2d4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
-  <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>textserver</artifactId>
   <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>textapp</name>
+  <name>textserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
@@ -12,49 +12,31 @@
   </parent>
 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -65,7 +47,7 @@
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
               </descriptors>
             </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -80,8 +62,7 @@
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
-          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
-          <hyracksCLIHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksCLIHome>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/textserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -117,18 +98,6 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
-            <id>deploy-app</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-              <appName>text</appName>
-              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/textapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
             <id>stop-services</id>
             <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
             <goals>
@@ -170,6 +139,20 @@
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
   		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd598d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<assembly>
+  <id>binary-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>dir</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
similarity index 90%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
index 9659288..76af72d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     @Test
     public void runWordCount() throws Exception {
         WordCountMain.main(new String[] { "-host", "localhost", "-infile-splits", getInfileSplits(), "-outfile-splits",
-                getOutfileSplits(), "-algo", "-hash", "-app", "text" });
+                getOutfileSplits(), "-algo", "-hash" });
     }
 
     private String getInfileSplits() {
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
         return "NC1:" + new File("target/wc1.txt").getAbsolutePath() + ",NC2:"
                 + new File("target/wc2.txt").getAbsolutePath();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index b237c9b..93514de 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
   <modules>
     <module>tpchclient</module>
-    <module>tpchapp</module>
+    <module>tpchserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 76eb257..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.tpch</groupId>
-  <artifactId>tpchapp</artifactId>
-  <name>tpchapp</name>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-    	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 3170306..6b3f603 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
index 01ccdef..efccba4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)", required = false)
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-customer-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the CUSTOMER input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileCustomerSplits;
 
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@
                 options.graceFactor, options.memSize, options.tableSize, options.hasGroupBy);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job,
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
                 options.profile ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94d897a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.tpch</groupId>
+  <artifactId>tpchserver</artifactId>
+  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>tpchserver</name>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd598d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<assembly>
+  <id>binary-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>dir</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>