Cloud computing is now a well-consolidated paradigm for on-demand services provisioning
on a pay-as-you-go model. Elasticity, one of the major benefits required for this computing …

Elasticity is a key feature in the cloud computing context, and perhaps what distinguishes
this computing paradigm of the other ones, such as cluster and grid computing. Considering …

Efficient provisioning of resources is a challenging problem in cloud computing
environments due to its dynamic nature and the need for supporting heterogeneous …

Cloud computing allows customers to dynamically scale their applications, software
platforms, and hardware infrastructures according to negotiated Service Level Agreements …

Elasticity is a key feature in cloud computing, which distinguishes this paradigm from other
ones, such as cluster and grid computing. On the other hand, dynamic resource reallocation …

In the current cloud business environment, the cloud provider (CP) can provide a means for
offering the required quality of service (QoS) for multiple classes of clients. We consider the …

The cloud computing paradigm has brought the benefits of utility computing to a global
scale. It has gained paramount attention in recent years. Companies are seriously …

Elasticity is a fundamental feature of cloud computing and can be considered as a great
advantage and a key benefit of cloud computing. One key challenge in cloud elasticity is …

The exposure of business applications to the web has considerably increased the variability
of its workload patterns and volumes as the number of users/customers often grows and …

Energy-related costs have become one of the major economic factors in IT data-centers, and
companies and the research community are currently working on new efficient power-aware …