El Khatib, Yehia (2015) Building cloud applications for challenged networks. In: Embracing Global Computing in Emerging Economies : First Workshop, EGC 2015, Almaty, Kazakhstan, February 26-28, 2015. Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science . Springer Verlag, Cham, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9783319250427
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Abstract
Cloud computing has seen vast advancements and uptake in many parts of the world. However, many of the design patterns and deployment models are not very suitable for locations with challenged networks such as countries with no nearby datacenters. This paper describes the problem and discusses the options available for such locations, focusing specifically on community clouds as a short-term solution. The paper highlights the impact of recent trends in the development of cloud applications and how changing these could better help deployment in challenged networks. The paper also outlines the consequent challenges in bridging different cloud deployments, also known as cross-cloud computing.