2009/06/01 by Gerard Briscoe, Alexandros Marinos · 2 citations
Computer Science · #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #Cloud Computing and Resource Management #Cloud computing #Cloud computing security #Computer science #Computer security #Digital ecosystem #Distributed computing #Ecology #Ecosystem #IoT and Edge/Fog Computing #Resilience (materials science) #Sustainability
paper · doi:10.1109/dest.2009.5276725
openalex publication_date 2009/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Cloud Computing is rising fast, with its data centres growing at an unprecedented rate. However, this has come with concerns of privacy, efficiency at the expense of resilience, and environmental sustainability, because of the dependence on Cloud vendors such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Community Cloud Computing makes use of the principles of Digital Ecosystems to provide a paradigm for Clouds in the community, offering an alternative architecture for the use cases of Cloud Computing. It is more technically challenging to deal with issues of distributed computing, such as latency, differential resource management, and additional security requirements. However, these are not insurmountable challenges, and with the need to retain control over our digital lives and the potential environmental consequences, it is a challenge we must pursue.