Fault-tolerance is an essential aspect of network resilience. Fault-tolerance mechanisms are
required to ensure high availability and high reliability in systems. The advent of software …

The next generation of cloud computing must be reliable to fulfil the end-user requirements,
which are changing dynamically. Presently, cloud providers are facing challenges to ensure …

Out of the many computing and software oriented models that are being adopted by
Computer Networking, Fog Computing has captured quite a wide audience in Research and …

Several cities have recently moved towards becoming smart cities for better services and
quality of life for residents and visitors, with: optimized resource utilization; increased …

The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a major pillar of the European
energy policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the reportedly pervasive …

For many vertical Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the high availability is very important.
In traditional cloud systems, services are usually implemented with the same level of …

Fragmentation has been recently proposed as a promising approach to protect the
confidentiality of sensitive associations whenever data need to undergo external release or …

Ensuring the availability of cloud computing services always concerns both service
providers and end users. Therefore, the system always needs precautions for unexpected …

Big data applications are currently used in many application domains, ranging from
statistical applications to prediction systems and smart cities. However, the quality of these …

Cloud applications are typically composed of multiple cloud service components
communicating with each other through web service interfaces, where each component …