Cloud Computing

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Intercloud: The Future of Cloud Computing. Concepts and Advantages

Antonio Celesti

Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Italy

Francesco Tusa

Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Italy

Massimo Villari

Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Italy

Antonio Puliafito

Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Italy

CONTENTS

9.1    Introduction

9.2    Federation: From the Political World to the IT

9.2.1    The Existing Cloud Models and Solutions

9.2.2    The New Perspective of Intercloud

9.3    Intercloud Resource Sharing Models

9.4    Advantages and New Business Opportunities

9.4.1    Capability Enlargement and Resource Optimization

9.4.2    Provisioning of Distributed *aaS

9.4.3    Power Saving

9.5    “High Cooperation ...