Techniques for optimizing cloud footprint

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering, IC2E 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 258-268

  Kejariwal, Arun ^a  

^a NETFLIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATACENTER; NETFLIX; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; SERVICE MODEL;

ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS);

EID: 84881153078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IC2E.2013.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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