Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, Third Edition provides students and IT professionals
with an in-depth analysis of the cloud from the ground up. After an introduction to network …

Numerous systems have been designed which use virtualization to subdivide the ample
resources of a modern computer. Some require specialized hardware, or cannot support …

With the widespread adoption of multicore architectures, multiprocessors are now a
standard deployment platform for (soft) real-time applications. This dissertation addresses …

This paper presents ModelNet, a scalable Internet emulation environment that enables
researchers to deploy unmodified software prototypes in a configurable Internet-like …

In this paper, we present techniques for provisioning CPU and network resources in shared
hosting platforms running potentially antagonistic third-party applications. The primary …

Cloud computing platforms enable users to rent computing and storage resources on-
demand to run their networked applications and employ virtualization to multiplex virtual …

The functional consolidation induced by the cost reduction trends in embedded systems can
force tasks of different criticality (eg ABS Brakes with DVD) to share a processor and …

The grid is realizing the vision of providing computation as utility: computational jobs can be
scheduled on-demand at grid hosts based on available computational capacity. In this …

While modern workloads are increasingly interactive and resource-intensive (eg, graphical
user interfaces, browsers, and multimedia players), current operating systems have not kept …

Described embodiments generate tasks corresponding to packets received by a network
processor. A source processing module sends task messages including a task identi? er …