Towards a unified taxonomy and architecture of cloud frameworks

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1196-1210

  Dukaric, Robert ^a,b   Juric, Matjaz B ^b  

^a XLAB Doo   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Architectural framework; Cloud computing; Infrastructure as a service; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; TAXONOMIES;

ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS; ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORKS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EVALUATION RESULTS; MANAGEMENT LAYER; REAL WORLD PROJECTS; REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE; VALUE ADDED SERVICE;

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS);

EID: 84869395726     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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