Fog computing, an extension of cloud computing services to the edge of the network to
decrease latency and network congestion, is a relatively recent research trend. Although …

When users flood in cloud data centers, how to efficiently manage hardware resources and
virtual machines (VMs) in a data center to both lower economical cost and ensure a high …

Several new technologies such as the smart cities, the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G
Internet need services offered by cloud computing for processing and storing more …

In the growing age of cloud computing, shared computing and storage resources can be
accessed over the Internet. Conversely, the infrastructure cost of the cloud reaches an …

Virtualization techniques effectively handle the growing demand for computing, storage, and
communication resources in large-scale Cloud Data Centers (CDC). It helps to achieve …

In the virtualization area, replication has been considered as a mechanism to provide high
availability. A high-availability system should be active most of the time, and this is the …

To improve resource utilization and energy efficiency, cloud data centers use virtual
machine (VM) consolidation to consolidate VMs to fewer physical machines (PMs) through …

Datacenter virtualization technologies have attracted a lot of attention to enable various
cloud computing services and to facilitate virtual machine (VM) migration. VM migration can …

Virtualization efficiently manages the ever-increasing demand for storage, computing, and
networking resources in large-scale Cloud Data Centers. Virtualization attains multifarious …

Cloud is an emerging technology in the world of information technology and is built on the
key concept of virtualization. Virtualization separates hardware from software and has …