A comparison of platform as a service (PaaS) clouds with a detailed reference to security and geoprocessing services

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue 4W13, 2010, Pages

  Ludwig, Byron ^a   Coetzee, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Distributed computing; Geoprocessing; PaaS; Platform as a service; Security; Service level agreement; SLA

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE SECURITY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK SECURITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEB SERVICES; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

GEOPROCESSING; PAAS; SECURITY; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; SLA;

PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS);

EID: 84923870458     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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