Authors:
Javier Miranda
1
;
Joaquín Guillén
2
;
Juan Manuel Murillo
1
and
Carlos Canal
3
Affiliations:
1
University of Extremadura, Spain
;
2
GloIn, Spain
;
3
University of Malaga, Spain
Keyword(s):
Service, Component, Cloud, Adaptation, MDE, Interoperability, Vendor Lock-in.
Abstract:
Cloud computing is a new paradigm that allows users to access computing resources in a dynamic, flexible and scalable manner. It has drawn the interest of multiple users, and in a short period of time it has experienced a notorious hype. However, its numerous strengths are mitigated by the lack of standardization which the technology suffers from. Different cloud vendors provide and manage similar resources in a different manner, thereby coupling the application to its targeted cloud. Companies that consume cloud services are locked-in to a single cloud vendor due to the high costs of migrating software in the cloud, preventing them from changing their cloud provider or having multiple providers. In this paper we explore a solution to the cloud vendor lock-in problem based on the use of model-driven engineering and software adaptation techniques. The proposed solution is both cloud vendor and user friendly as it allows the former to freely define their own cloud policies, whilst user
s continue to be free to choose a cloud provider, even after the application has been developed.
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