Architectural Requirements for Cloud Computing Systems: An Enterprise Cloud Approach

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-26

  Rimal, Bhaskar Prasad ^a   Jukan, Admela ^a   Katsaros, Dimitrios ^b   Goeleven, Yves ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c Capgemini Consulting   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Architecture; Cloud Computing; Grid Computing; On demand; Requirements

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; ARCHITECTURAL METHODS; BUSINESS MODELS; CLOUD PROVIDERS; COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; COMPUTING PARADIGM; COMPUTING SYSTEM; DE FACTO STANDARD; END-USERS; ON-DEMAND; REQUIREMENTS; SERVICE DELIVERY; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTS; VIRTUALIZED RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GRID COMPUTING; INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79952440250     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-010-9171-y     Document Type: Article

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