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 792cedd..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +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>
-  <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 f941a5b..ebca323 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
           <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
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/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index eb651ce..ddb5b39 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
           <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1dacd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
+
+public class NCApplicationEntryPoint implements INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    @Override
+    public void start(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(ncAppCtx);
+        ncAppCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void notifyStartupComplete() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ea55e7a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License from
- * 
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
-
-public class NCBootstrap implements INCBootstrap {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NCBootstrap.class.getName());
-
-    private INCApplicationContext appCtx;
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Starting NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(appCtx);
-        appCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
-        LOGGER.info("Initialized RuntimeContext: " + rCtx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Stopping Asterix NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = (RuntimeContext) appCtx.getApplicationObject();
-        rCtx.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        this.appCtx = appCtx;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index ab0ecb3..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nc.bootstrap.class=edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.NCBootstrap
\ No newline at end of file
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>