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Moreover, context-aware services are being tested in
some platforms providers, namely, Red Hat’s Open
Shift (Open-Shift, 2011), Google App Engine (GAE,
2011), CloudBees (Cloud-Bees, 2011) and probably
a PTIN platform which is under development. The
java implementation, and detailed specification of the
PaaS Manager, will be soon in progress to integrate
and accommodate firstly the PT’ SDP, and in a poste-
rior phase, the Developer Interface.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The work of P. Sousa was funded by FEDER, through
the program COMPETE and the Portuguese Foun-
dation for Science and Technology (FCT), within
the project FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER- 022674. A
partial prototype, namely the context-aware ser-
vices and the integration with the PT’ SDP, will be
demonstrated under the scope of the European ICT
project ”Cloud4SOA” (Contract-No. ICT-257953):
(Cloud4SOA, 2010).
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