Automatic software deployment using user-level virtualization for cloud-computing

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 323-329

  Zhang, Youhui ^a   Li, Yanhua ^a   Zheng, Weimin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Deployment; User level virtualization; Virtual machine

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SOFTWARES; CLOUD SERVICES; DEPLOYMENT; DESKTOP SOFTWARE; EXISTING SYSTEMS; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; RUNTIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT; SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS; SOURCE CODES; STORAGE OVERHEAD; SYSTEM SOFTWARES; VIRTUAL APPLIANCE; VIRTUAL HARDWARE; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUALIZATIONS; WHOLE PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84867878883     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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