The web service model provides fundamental advantages compared to the classical software usage model. But transactions in the web service market have by far not reached the expect...
— Traditional SLAs, defined by average delay or packet loss, often camouflage the instantaneous performance perceived by end-users. We define a set of metrics for service avai...
the extensibility and evolution of network services and protocols had become a major research issue in recent years. The 'programmable' and 'active' network par...
Although, computational Grid has been initially developed to solve large-scale scientific research problems, it is extended for commercial and industrial applications. An interest...
The frequency and severity of a number of recent intrusions involving data theft and leakages has shown that online users’ trust, voluntary or not, in the ability of third partie...