Cloud Computing offers on-demand access to computational, infrastructure and data
resources operated from a remote source. This novel technology has opened new ways of …

The cloud computing paradigm as originally conceived has reached a plateau of evolution,
exposing several limitations that compromise the main features of the paradigm: resource …

Contemporary cloud technologies face insurmountable obstacles. They follow a pull-based,
producer-centric trajectory to development where cloud consumers have to 'squeeze and …

Cloud Federation is an emerging computing model where multiple resources from
independent Cloud providers are leveraged to create large-scale distributed virtual …

Cloud computing technology promotes the provisioning of IT infrastructures as services.
Cloud systems have become very common because of their advantages, such as the large …

Technology market is continuing a rapid growth phase where different resource providers
and Cloud Management Frameworks are positioning to provide ad-hoc solutions–as …

This paper describes the efforts of the NIST Cloud Computing Program in the development
of understanding the federated cloud concept through the creation of a reference …

Cloud Federation is an emerging computing model where multiple resources from
independent Cloud providers are leveraged to create large-scale distributed virtual …

In cloud computing," hybrid cloud" and" community cloud" are established jargon. These
concepts, however, actually entail federation, that is, the ability to securely share compute …

As cloud technology continues to advance and be utilized, many service providers have
begun to employ multiple networks, or cloud federations; however, as the popularity of these …