Cloud computing heavily relies on virtualization, as with cloud computing virtual resources
are typically leased to the consumer, for example as virtual machines. Efficient management …

As the demand for computing resources grows, cloud computing becomes more and more
popular as a pay-as-you-go model, in which the computing resources and services are …

Driven by the vision of cloud and edge computing as the 5th utility, a major challenge is the
efficient resource management and pricing taking into account incentives and preferences of …

The burgeoning development of the cloud market has promoted the expansion of resources
held by cloud providers, but the resulting underutilization caused by the over-provisioned …

Video streaming, in various forms of video on demand (VOD), live, and 360 degree
streaming, has grown dramatically during the past few years. In comparison to traditional …

The advancements in sensing technologies, smart devices, wearable gadgets, and
communication paradigm enable the vision of the internet of things, smart city, virtual and …

Mobile Cloud Computing is one of today′ s more disruptive paradigms of computation due
to its effects on the performance of mobile computing and the development of Internet of …

Cloud providers offer several types of Virtual Machines (VMs) in diverse markets, with
different guarantees in terms of availability and reliability. Among them, the most popular …

Cloud computing can provide users with basic hardware resources, and there are three
instance types: reserved instances, on-demand instances and spot instances. The price of …

Serverless computing is an attractive cloud services paradigm, simultaneously promising
reduced cost and greater flexibility for customers and increased revenues and higher …