Customizable function chains: Managing service chain variability in hybrid NFV networks

H Moens, F De Turck - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), network functions are virtualized and chained
together to provide a network service. Often, a service chain can be allocated in multiple …

Hierarchical network-aware placement of service oriented applications in clouds

H Moens, B Hanssens, B Dhoedt… - 2014 IEEE Network …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In cloud environments, resources can be requested on-demand when they are needed. A
cloud management system is responsible for determining which physical machines are …

Migrating legacy software to the cloud: approach and verification by means of two medical software use cases

PJ Maenhaut, H Moens, V Ongenae… - Software: Practice and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cloud computing is a technology that enables elastic, on‐demand resource provisioning,
allowing application developers to build highly scalable systems. Multi‐tenancy, the hosting …

Develo** and managing customizable software as a service using feature model conversion

H Moens, E Truyen, S Walraven… - 2012 IEEE network …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in cloud technologies. Using current cloud
solutions, it is however difficult to create customizable multi-tenant applications, especially if …

[PDF][PDF] A QoS-aware approach for discovering and selecting configurable IaaS Cloud services

JE Hajlaoui, MN Omri… - Computer Systems Science …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Cloud computing is emerging as a new provision model, enabling ubiquitous, convenient,
on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. It delivers …

Feature-based application development and management of multi-tenant applications in clouds

H Moens, F De Turck - Proceedings of the 18th International Software …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
In recent years, there has been a rising interest in cloud computing, which is often used to
offer Software as a Service (SaaS) over the Internet. SaaS applications can be offered to …

Automated constraint-based multi-tenant saas configuration support using XML filtering techniques

A Etedali, CH Lung, S Ajila… - 2017 IEEE 41st Annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of cloud computing is on the rise because of the cost effectiveness in providing the
same resources to different tenants. Highly customizable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) …

Allocating resources for customizable multi-tenant applications in clouds using dynamic feature placement

H Moens, B Dhoedt, F De Turck - Future Generation Computer Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Multi-tenancy, where multiple end users make use of the same application instance, is often
used in clouds to reduce hosting costs. A disadvantage of multi-tenancy is however that it …

Network-aware impact determination algorithms for service workflow deployment in hybrid clouds

H Moens, E Truyen, S Walraven… - … on network and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, many service providers have started migrating their service offerings to
cloud infrastructure. Sometimes, parts of the service workflow can however not be moved to …

Migrating medical communications software to a multi-tenant cloud environment

PJ Maenhaut, H Moens, M Verheye… - 2013 IFIP/IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rise of cloud computing has paved the way for many new applications. Many of these
new cloud applications are also multi-tenant, ensuring multiple end users can make use of …