Edge computing is an important pillar for green computation by bringing the Cloud
resources to the Edge, serving real-time applications, and reducing the computing and …

The introduction of microservices and functions using serverless deployment styles for cloud-
native applications will trigger a shift in the orchestration paradigm towards an intent-driven …

Service performance degradation and downtimes are a common on the Internet today. Many
on-line services (eg Amazon. com, Spotify, and Netflix, etc.) report huge loss in revenue and …

Virtualization technologies allow cloud providers to optimize server utilization and cost by co-
locating services in as few servers as possible. Studies have shown how applications in …

Nowadays, systems providing user-oriented services often demonstrate periodic patterns
due to the repetitive behaviors from people's daily routines. The monitoring data of such …

This paper presents the formulation of two utility functions, for the resource provider and the
service customer respectively, to enable the orchestrator to consider business …

Current advances in cloud computing architectures and software defined networking are
enabling virtualized server and network infrastructures. This allows on-the-go scaling of …

Ao longo dos últimos anos, o conceito de Cidades Inteligentes vem ganhando
popularidade, sendo promovido com os propósitos de aumentar a sustentabilidade e …

Optimal placement of service chains (composed of multiple connected service components)
on heterogeneous cloud/fog infrastructure is a challenging problem. Even when deploying a …

Cloud computing became a popular IT and business trend in recent years, due to its
scalability, reliability, ease of access and low costs. The demand for cloud services has led …