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...
IT Security is a problem that can only be addressed and taught holistically. Just as broad as the field of ICT itself, IT Security is an integral part of all network and software ...
This paper describes an initiative to improve software acquisition process in Brazil. This initiative was conducted in the context of the MPS.BR Program, a nationwide effort to de...
Kival Chaves Weber, Eratostenes Edson Ramalho de A...
Formation of high value procurement networks involves a bottom-up assembly of complex production, assembly, and exchange relationships through supplier selection and contracting d...
— This work considers the problem of hosting multiple third-party Internet services in a cost-effective manner so as to maximize a provider’s business objective. For this purpo...
Bruno D. Abrahao, Virgilio Almeida, Jussara M. Alm...