Grid computing is becoming the natural way to aggregate and share large and heterogeneous sets of resources. However, grid development and acceptance hinge on proving that grids r...
Conventional performance evaluation mechanisms focus on dedicated systems. Grid computing infrastructure, on the other hand, is a shared collaborative environment constructed on v...
Abstract In this paper, we propose the use of a distributed service management architecture for state-of-the-art service-enabled Grids. The architecture is capable of performing au...
Bruno Volckaert, Pieter Thysebaert, Marc De Leenhe...
To distribute risk in Grid, the design of service level agreements (SLAs) plays an important role, since these contracts determine the price for a service at an agreed quality lev...
Michael Becker, Nikolay Borrisov, Vikas Deora, Ome...
If an organization depends on the service quality provided by another organization it often enters into a bilateral service level agreement (SLA), which mitigates outsourcing risk...