Network function virtualization (NFV) has drawn significant attention from both industry and
academia as an important shift in telecommunication service provisioning. By decoupling …

The network function virtualization (NFV) paradigm is an emerging technology that provides
network flexibility by allowing the allocation of network functions over commodity hardware …

The automation of application deployment is critical because manually deploying
applications is timeconsuming, tedious, and error-prone. Several deployment automation …

Abstract Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) is an
OASIS standard for specifying the topology of cloud applications, their deployment on …

Abstract Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) is a
standard for specifying the topology of cloud applications, their deployment on cloud …

Several DevOps tools have emerged to orchestrate cloud resources. However, inherent
heterogeneity and complex implementation within these tools make it hard for DevOps users …

This paper presents a framework to easily build and execute parallel applications in
container-based distributed computing platforms in a user-transparent way. The proposed …

Scientific workflows are increasingly being migrated to the Cloud. However, workflow
developers face the problem of which Cloud to choose and, more importantly, how to avoid …

With the popularization of cloud computing, various cloud services have emerged, and
hybrid clouds that can take advantage of combining public and private clouds are attracting …

The OASIS standard TOSCA provides a portable means for specifying multi-service
applications and automating their deployment. Despite TOSCA is widely used in research, it …