PerfCloud: GRID services for performance-oriented development of cloud computing applications

Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 201-206

  Mancini, Emilio P ^a   Rak, Massimiliano ^b   Villano, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMMUNICATION RESOURCES; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING RESOURCES; E-SCIENCE; EBUSINESS; GRID SERVICES; GRID SYSTEMS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; ON-THE-FLY; PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS; RESPONSE TIME; VIRTUAL CLUSTERS; VIRTUALIZATION LAYERS; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 70350422520     PISSN: 15244547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WETICE.2009.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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