Abstract The evolution of Cloud Computing into a service utility, along with the pervasive
adoption of the IoT paradigm, has promoted a significant growth in the need of …

The number of both service providers operating in the cloud market and customers
consuming cloud-based services is constantly increasing, proving that the cloud computing …

The emergence of cloud computing based on virtualization technologies brings huge
opportunities to host virtual resource at low cost without the need of owning any …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of cloud computing technologies,
particularly with respect to multi-cloud networks. First, the basics of cloud computing …

Containerization in a multi-cloud environment facilitates workload portability and optimized
resource utilization. Containerization in multi-cloud environments has received significant …

Recently, the multi-cloud environment (MCE) has increasingly become the preferred choice
of users. As with the cloud environment, efficient workflow scheduling in a MCE remains …

The consumption of resources and services from multiple Clouds for reasons like high
availability, cost reductions or special features is a natural evolution from in-silo Clouds …

A significant number of Cloud applications follow the 3-tier architectural pattern. Many of
them serve customers worldwide and must meet non-functional requirements such as …

The cloud system is designed, implemented and conceptualized as a marketplace where
resources are traded. This demands efficient allocation of resources to benefit both the cloud …

Cloud data centers are becoming the preferred deployment environment for a wide range of
business applications because they provide many benefits compared to private in-house …