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Improving network utilization in cloud computing environments

Cloud computing  relies on the network as an elementary service. An increasing number of distributed computing applications pose highly-demanding requirements for dynamicity and flexibility in network and computing resource control (e.g. automated scaling up/down). However, network services are still treated … Continue reading

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Developing distributed applications using RINA

The sockets API [1] provides the basic building block for developing today’s distributed applications. Sockets have a number of shortcomings, mainly due to the characteristics of the networks that provide the transport services offered through the sockets API: Applications using … Continue reading

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RINA: redefining the network fundamentals

Lately there’s been a lot of talk about the Internet limitations, redesigning the Internet, clean slate approaches vs. evolutionary ones, and a lot of money in research funding is being allocated to the topic. The current Internet architecture is based … Continue reading

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