A composable software bundle is created by retrieving a semantic representation of a set of
software modules. A functional representation of a set of operations is retrieved. Each …

A method and information processing system are provided for creating a virtual part and for
composing and deploying a virtual solution with one or more virtual parts. The virtual part …

Pervasive Computing advocates the enhancement of physical spaces with computing and
communication resources that help users perform various kinds of tasks. We call these …

The combination of virtual server technology and the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
approach to utility computing promises to revolutionize the way in which distributed software …

Cloud computing represents a promising computing paradigm, where computational power
is provided as a utility. An important characteristic of Cloud computing, other than in similar …

Cloud computing represents a promising computing paradigm where computing resources
have to be allocated to software for their execution. Self-manageable Cloud infrastructures …

With the popularity of cloud computing, more and more business are operated in the cloud
computing. In this paper, we address the problem of service request scheduling in cloud …

Fulfilling a service request in highly dynamic service environments may require deploying a
service. Therefore, the effectiveness of service deployment systems affects initial service …

Cloud computing brings in a novel paradigm to foster IT-based service economy in scalable
computing infrastructures by allowing guaranteed on-demand resource allocation with …

While the general concept of “Privacy-by-Design (PbD)” is increasingly a popular one, there
is considerable paucity of either rigorous or quantitative underpinnings supporting PbD …