Modern cloud computing environments support a relatively high degree of automation in
service provisioning, which allows cloud service customers (CSCs) to dynamically acquire …

Vendor lock-in is a major barrier to the adoption of cloud computing, due to the lack of
standardization. Current solutions and efforts tackling the vendor lock-in problem are …

Inter-connected cloud computing is an inherent evolution of Cloud Computing. Numerous
benefits provided by connecting clouds have garnered attraction from the academic as well …

Serverless computing focuses on developing cloud applications that comprise components
fully managed by providers. Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) service model is often associated …

The migration towards Cloud environments is still hindered by several barriers. One of them
is the low portability of the applications that are consuming Cloud services. This paper …

The B2B technology service industry presents several distinctive features that challenge
service providers' strategic decision-making processes. Firstly, the business customers in …

A key challenge in porting enterprise software systems to the cloud is the migration of their
database. Choosing a cloud provider and service option (eg, a database-as-a-service or a …

An increasing demand for cross-cloud and cross-region data access is bringing forth
challenges related to high data transfer costs and latency. In response, we introduce …

In recent years, the cloud hype has led to a multitude of different providers and offerings
across the entire cloud market, from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to Platform as a …

Different cloud platforms offer similar services with different characteristics, names, and
functionalities. Therefore, describing cloud platform entities in such a way that they can be …