Cost reduction through SLA-driven self-management

Proceedings - 9th IEEE European Conference on Web Services, ECOWS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 117-124

  Freitas, André Lage ^a   Parlavantzas, Nikos ^a   Pazat, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

cloud; cost; grid; QoS; self adaptation; service oriented computing

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OBJECTIVES; CONFIGURABLE; CONTROL LOOP; CURRENT SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE; GRID; RESOURCE COSTS; RESOURCE USAGE; SELF ADAPTATION; SELF MANAGEMENT; SERVICE CONFIGURATION; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; SERVICE ORIENTED COMPUTING; SERVICE PROVIDER; SLA MANAGEMENT;

CLOUDS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 81255169816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECOWS.2011.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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