Bringing the cloud down to earth: Transient PCs everywhere

Mahadev Satyanarayanan; Stephen Smaldone; Benjamin Gilbert; Jan Harkes; Liviu Iftode

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20

Bringing the cloud down to earth: Transient PCs everywhere

Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Stephen Smaldone, Benjamin Gilbert, Jan Harkes, Liviu Iftode

School of Arts and Sciences, Computer Science

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Martin Griss, Guang Yang
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	315-322
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783642293351
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20
State	Published - 2012
Event	2nd International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2010 - Santa Clara, United States Duration: Oct 25 2010 → Oct 28 2010

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Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume	76 LNICST
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211

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Other	2nd International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Clara
Period	10/25/10 → 10/28/10

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Computer Networks and Communications

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Satyanarayanan, M., Smaldone, S., Gilbert, B., Harkes, J., & Iftode, L. (2012). Bringing the cloud down to earth: Transient PCs everywhere. In M. Griss, & G. Yang (Eds.), Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 315-322). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 76 LNICST). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20

Satyanarayanan, Mahadev ; Smaldone, Stephen ; Gilbert, Benjamin et al. / Bringing the cloud down to earth : Transient PCs everywhere. Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Martin Griss ; Guang Yang. Springer Verlag, 2012. pp. 315-322 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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Satyanarayanan, M, Smaldone, S, Gilbert, B, Harkes, J & Iftode, L 2012, Bringing the cloud down to earth: Transient PCs everywhere. in M Griss & G Yang (eds), Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, vol. 76 LNICST, Springer Verlag, pp. 315-322, 2nd International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2010, Santa Clara, United States, 10/25/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20

Bringing the cloud down to earth: Transient PCs everywhere. / Satyanarayanan, Mahadev; Smaldone, Stephen; Gilbert, Benjamin et al.
Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Martin Griss; Guang Yang. Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 315-322 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 76 LNICST).

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Satyanarayanan M, Smaldone S, Gilbert B, Harkes J, Iftode L. Bringing the cloud down to earth: Transient PCs everywhere. In Griss M, Yang G, editors, Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 2nd International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2012. p. 315-322. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_20

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