As networks and the use of communication within applications continue to grow and find more uses, so too does the demand for more control and manageability of various "system...
Richard E. Schantz, John A. Zinky, David A. Karr, ...
We introduce a new performance metric, called Load Balancing Factor (LBF), to assist programmers with evaluating different tuning alternatives. The LBF metric differs from traditi...
Fast networks have made it possible to coordinate distributed heterogeneous CPU, memory, and storage resources to provide a powerful platform for executing high-performance applic...
Abstract. Cloud computing is an emerging paradigm to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). In this paper we present NEPTUNE-IaaS, a software system able to support the whole ...
Vittorio Manetti, Pasquale Di Gennaro, Roberto Bif...
Support for efficient multicasting in WLANs can enable new services such as streaming TV channels, radio channels, and visitor's information. With increasing deployments of l...