With the rise of cloud computing, a huge complexity growth of the structure that is the base of
the Cloud happens. Thus, to effectively manage applications and resources it is crucial the …

Allocating resources to virtualized network functions and services to meet service level
agreements is a challenging task for NFV management and orchestration systems. This …

Approaching a comprehensive performance benchmark for on-line transaction processing
(OLTP) applications in a cloud environment is a challenging task. Fundamental features of …

The aim of Green Cloud Computing is to achieve a balance between resource consumption
and quality of service. In order to achieve this objective and to maintain the flexibility of the …

Computer based clinical guidelines have been developed to help caregivers in practicing
medicine. GLIF3 (Guideline Interchange Format 3) is one of several standards that specify …

Approaching a comprehensive performance benchmark for on-line transaction processing
(OLTP) applications in a cloud environment is a challenging task. Fundamental features of …

For an IaaS cloud, the primary task is to satisfy users' demands for resources. Besides,
administrators also have to deal with problems such as how to optimize allocation and …

The aim of green cloud computing is to achieve a balance between resource consumption
and quality of service. This work introduces the distributed system management model …

Cloud Computing has been envisioned as a promising approach and dominant computing
model in IT infrastructures. It employs the Virtual Machine (VM) technology to provide on …

Cloud infrastructures host different kinds of applications belonging to clients with different
levels of service agreements. Their execution is supported by high language virtual …