TY - GEN
T1 - Bringing the cloud down to earth
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2010
AU - Satyanarayanan, Mahadev
AU - Smaldone, Stephen
AU - Gilbert, Benjamin
AU - Harkes, Jan
AU - Iftode, Liviu
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant numbers CNS-0509004, CNS-0833882 and CNS-0831268, and an IBM Open Collaborative Research grant. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NSF, IBM, Rutgers University, or Carnegie Mellon University.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant numbers CNS-0509004, CNS-0833882 and CNS-0831268, and an IBM Open Collaborative Research grant. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NSF, IBM, Rutgers University, or Carnegie Mellon University.
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© Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2012.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The convergence of cloud computing with mobile computing opens the door to the creation of new applications and services that can be delivered to users at any time and any place. At the heart of this convergence lies a delicate balance between centralization and decentralization. We explore the forces underlying this balance, and examine the role of virtual machine (VM) technology. We observe that a VM-based model of cloud computing called a Transient PC offers an approach to “carry-nothing” mobile computing that harnesses the full power of local hardware at the edges of the Internet. In particular, we show how a zero-install Transient PC implementation can safely use local storage.
AB - The convergence of cloud computing with mobile computing opens the door to the creation of new applications and services that can be delivered to users at any time and any place. At the heart of this convergence lies a delicate balance between centralization and decentralization. We explore the forces underlying this balance, and examine the role of virtual machine (VM) technology. We observe that a VM-based model of cloud computing called a Transient PC offers an approach to “carry-nothing” mobile computing that harnesses the full power of local hardware at the edges of the Internet. In particular, we show how a zero-install Transient PC implementation can safely use local storage.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84982255861
SN - 9783642293351
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
SP - 315
EP - 322
BT - Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Griss, Martin
A2 - Yang, Guang
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 25 October 2010 through 28 October 2010
ER -