Managing cloud ecosystems [article]

Mathias Slawik, Technische Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Axel Küpper
2018
In recent years, the ever-growing proliferation of cloud services led to the creation of large cloud ecosystems. The most prominent example is the cloud ecosystem of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which now has over 8,000 partners and more than $ 18 billion in revenue in 2017. In addition to these "giants", many smaller ecosystems address more specific challenges. An example is the TRESOR cloud ecosystem, which provides secure cloud services for the German healthcare sector. Another example is the
more » ... YCLONE cloud ecosystem, which provides a well-integrated "toolbox" to easily and securely deploy and manage federated multi-cloud applications. This thesis focuses on four unique challenges of brokering, deploying, and consuming cloud ecosystem services. These challenges are analyzed in detail with the involvement of all stakeholders to identify gaps in existing approaches. Based on this analysis, several open-source software components and information systems are designed and implemented to provide solutions under real-world conditions in the two aforementioned cloud ecosystems. The dissertation's goal of general applicability should lead to concrete improvements in the management of cloud ecosystems. In addition, the extensive evaluation activities reveal many new findings that will support future research and development activities.
doi:10.14279/depositonce-7328 fatcat:qj2cs6grzjgubkhd5s24oq7lfm