Inter-connected cloud computing is an inherent evolution of Cloud Computing. Numerous
benefits provided by connecting clouds have garnered attraction from the academic as well …

Cloud computing evolved from the concept of utility computing, which is defined as the
provision of computational and storage resources as a metered service. Another key …

Abstract In Cloud systems, Virtual Machines (VMs) are scheduled to hosts according to their
instant resource usage (eg to hosts with most available RAM) without considering their …

A significant number of Cloud applications follow the 3-tier architectural pattern. Many of
them serve customers worldwide and must meet non-functional requirements such as …

There is an increasing interest in Internet of Things (IoT) and healthcare is considered to be
one of the most common applications of it. Using the IoT paradigm, various devices …

Abstract Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) enables mobile devices to use resource providers
other than mobile devices themselves to host the execution of mobile applications. Various …

Cloud computing and Internet of Things encompass various physical devices that generate
and exchange data with services promoting the integration between the physical world and …

Several companies and research institutes are moving their CPU-intensive applications to
hybrid High Performance Computing (HPC) cloud environments. Such a shift depends on …

Inter-cloud is an approach that facilitates scalable resource provisioning across multiple
cloud infrastructures. In this paper, we focus on the performance optimization of …

Over the years, more cloud computing systems have been developed providing flexible
interfaces for inter-cloud interaction. This work approaches the concept of inter-cloud by …