Chapter 11

Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a rapidly moving target. New technological advances and application services are regularly introduced. There are many open challenges, especially in the context of energy-efficient management of datacenters and the marketplace for cloud computing.

This chapter presents an overview of various open issues in cloud computing that need long-term investigation. It discusses issues involved in energy-efficient cloud computing and presents a “green” cloud computing architecture. It discusses market models needed for realizing an open market for cloud computing systems from the perspective of federations of clouds and agreements between clouds. A general overview of some of the existing ...

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