This paper discusses the emergence of innovative technologies related to cyber tools and IT frameworks which hold the potential to impact engineering education substantially. These technologies include next generation Internet frameworks based on Cloud Technologies as well as 3D Virtual Prototyping and Haptic technologies. These cyber tools will enable sharing of sparse or less accessible resou...

Cloud computing reflect a new way in consuming and using IT infrastructures and IT resources. When adopting cloud computing, users are required to dismantle their current technologies, transferring the control of their IT infrastructures and data over to third party (cloud service providers). This is a distinctive departure from other information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) tha...

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is the most acceptable Cloud computing delivery model that IT managers are exploring as they relook at their IT infrastructure. Since the beginning of Cloud computing as a new and emerging paradigm, the field of Distributed Systems is amidst a stage of redefinition. Due to this, there are a wide variety of Cloud solutions, ranging from virtualization technolog...

With the development of cloud computing, and as the basis of data services, security problems of cloud storage are growing more attention. Based on distributed storage, multidomain and multi-tenant characteristics, combined with access control technologies, this paper sets up the Role-based Access Control using Ontology and domians in Cloud Storage (DOnto_RBAC), which could provide a concise an...

We present our experiences in applying, developing, and evaluating cloud and cloud technologies. First, we present our experience in applying Hadoop and DryadLINQ to a series of data/compute intensive applications and then compare them with a novel MapReduce runtime developed by us, named CGL-MapReduce and MPI. Preliminary applications are developed for particle physics, bioinformatics, cluster...

The fields of Grid, Utility and Cloud Computing have a set of common objectives in harnessing shared resources to optimally meet a great variety of demands cost-effectively and in a timely manner Since Grid Computing started its technological journey about a decade earlier than Cloud Computing, the Cloud can benefit from the technologies and experience of the Grid in building an infrastructure ...

The promising potential of cloud computing and its convergence with technologies such as mobile computing, wireless networks, sensor technologies allows for creation and delivery of newer type of cloud services. In this paper, we advocate the use of cloud computing for the creation and management of cloud based health care services. As a representative case study, we design a Cloud Based Intell...

Cloud computing may well become one of the most transformative technologies in the history of computing. Cloud service providers and customers have yet to establish adequate forensic capabilities that could support investigations of criminal activities in the cloud. This paper discusses the emerging area of cloud forensics, and highlights its challenges and opportunities.

We have encouraged innovative contributions about Cloud and Distributed Computing, like: Distributed Computing Applications Cloud Computing Applications Collaborative Platforms Topologies for distributed Computing Semantic Technologies for Cloud Modeling and Simulation of Cloud Computing Modeling and Simulation of Distributed System Distributed Knowledge Management Distributed Computing for Sma...

Requirements and criteria for selection of cloud platform and platform visualization are stated by which optimal cloud products will be chosen for the Republic of Kazakhstan eGovernment considering quality-price ratio, and also the framework of information and communication architecture will be introduced. Keywords—cloud technologies; outsourcing; Kazakhstan; cloud platform; e-Government