Cloud computing - Issues, research and implementations

Journal of Computing and Information Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Vouk, Mladen A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

"Cloud" computing; End to end quality of service; Utility computing; Virtual computing lab; Virtualization

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; INFORMATION SERVICES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION;

END USERS; END-TO-END QUALITY OF SERVICE; ON-DEMAND SERVICES; RESEARCH TOPICS; SOFTWARE SERVICES; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; UTILITY COMPUTING; VIRTUAL COMPUTING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 85017313616     PISSN: 13301136     EISSN: 18463908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2498/cit.1001391     Document Type: Article

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