Optimal contract design for cloud computing service with resource service guarantee

Kuo, Chia-Wei; Huang, Kwei-Long; Yang, Chao-Lung

doi:10.1057/s41274-016-0141-z

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“…A SLA is formulated in the cloud contract to ensure that the service level is consistent with the agreement in terms of the price, resource allocation, penalty rate, etc. (Kuo et al , 2017). In all, five papers discussed SLA.…”

Section: What Cloud Issues Can Small- and Medium-size Enterprises Foc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yigitbasioglu (2015) explored why organizations adopt or not cloud computing and found that one of the concerns for cloud adoption is the poor SLA which is derived from the ignorance of the technology(s) being used and their own requirements. Kuo et al (2017) studied the optimal cloud contract design and proposed a model of the decision of pricing and resource allocation that is constructed by different contracts with different SLA. Yuan et al (2018) addressed the resource back-up, penalty determination and penalty deferred pricing issues and found that the SLA parameters significantly interacted with resource back up.…”

Section: What Cloud Issues Can Small- and Medium-size Enterprises Foc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the SLA is the key consideration that SMEs should be focused on before and after signing the contract, as it provides the fundamental service agreement such as the contract duration, speed, bandwidth, storage space, service availability and compensation if providers do not fulfil the service (Kuo et al , 2017; Yuan et al , 2018). Among the literature identified, SLA violation had been addressed by several authors.…”

Section: What Cloud Issues Can Small- and Medium-size Enterprises Foc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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An exploration of high performance computing cloud contract for SMEs: a systematic literature review

Damij

Whalley

2022

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Purpose High performance computing (HPC) is used to solve complex calculations that personal computing devices are unable to handle. HPC offers the potential for small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) to engage in product innovation, service improvement and the optimization of resource allocation (Borstnar and Ilijas, 2019). However, the expensive infrastructure, maintenance costs and resource knowledge gaps that accompany the use of HPC can make it inaccessible to SMEs. By moving HPC to the cloud, SMEs can gain access to the infrastructure without the requirement of owning or maintaining it, but they will need to accept the terms and conditions of the cloud contract. This paper aims to improve how SMEs access HPC through the cloud by providing insights into the terms and conditions of HPC cloud contracts. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a systematic literature review by implementing a four-step approach. A comprehensive search was undertaken and results synthesized to enable this paper’s objectives to be met. Findings This paper proposes that SMEs could gain competitive advantage(s) by understanding their own needs and improving their contract negotiation abilities, service management skills and risk management abilities before accepting the terms and conditions of the cloud contract. Furthermore, a checklist, service-level agreement, easily ignored elements and risk areas are presented as guidance for SMEs when reviewing their HPC cloud contract(s). Originality/value While HPC cloud contracts are a niche research topic, it is one of the key factors influencing the ability of SMEs to access HPC through the cloud. It is, however, by no means a level playfield with SMEs at a distinct disadvantage because of not influencing the writing up of the HPC cloud contract. The added value of the paper is that it contributes to our overall understanding of the terms and conditions of HPC cloud contracts.

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Section: What Cloud Issues Can Small- and Medium-size Enterprises Foc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Cloud Issues Can Small- and Medium-size Enterprises Foc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Cloud Issues Can Small- and Medium-size Enterprises Foc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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An exploration of high performance computing cloud contract for SMEs: a systematic literature review

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Whalley

2022

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“…To remove the redundancy and network externality is analyzed for the cloud service providers with resource assurance by optimal contract design in cloud computing. This model characteristic is analyzed for optimal costing and resource allocation decisions as well as made a contract of cloud service providers which shows that both service providers and service users compensation ratio is unfulfilled (11).…”

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Conceptual Service Level Agreement Mechanism to Minimize the SLA Violation with SLA Negotiation Process in Cloud Computing Environment

Kumar

2021

Baghdad Sci.J

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Online service is used to be as Pay-Per-Use in Cloud computing. Service user need not be in a long time contract with cloud service providers. Service level agreements (SLAs) are understandings marked between a cloud service providers and others, for example, a service user, intermediary operator, or observing operators. Since cloud computing is an ongoing technology giving numerous services to basic business applications and adaptable systems to manage online agreements are significant. SLA maintains the quality-of-service to the cloud user. If service provider fails to maintain the required service SLA is considered to be SLA violated. The main aim is to minimize the SLA violations for maintain the QoS of their cloud users. In this research article, a toolbox is proposed to help the procedure of exchanging of a SLA with the service providers that will enable the cloud client in indicating service quality demands and an algorithm as well as Negotiation model is also proposed to negotiate the request with the service providers to produce a better agreement between service provider and cloud service consumer. Subsequently, the discussed framework can reduce SLA violations as well as negotiation disappointments and have expanded cost-adequacy. Moreover, the suggested SLA toolkit is additionally productive to clients so clients can secure a sensible value repayment for diminished QoS or conceding time. This research shows the assurance level in the cloud service providers can be kept up by as yet conveying the services with no interruption from the client's perspective

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“…In their suggested contract, the relief agencies and suppliers are committed on a pre-specified amount for purchasing and supplying in the contract. Kuo et al [35] proposed a service provider model to determine mutual resource allocation and pricing decisions. They considered two types of contracts with distinct service-level agreements and focused on the optimal contract design.…”

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Stochastic optimization for the carrier selection problem in humanitarian relief

Ramezanian

Ghorbani

2020

Scientia Iranica

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In this paper, the carrier selection problem is addressed to reduce the probability of the occurring carrier shortage by creating a carrier rental agreement. We propose a new two-stage stochastic model for determining the pre-disaster and post-disaster decisions in order to deliver relief items to the injured survivors of the disaster. The pre-disaster phase focuses on determining the amount of carrier rental in the framework of contracts with suppliers, and also deciding an appropriate coverage distance with regards to time and cost. The postdisaster phase aims to respond to the requests made by disaster inflicted areas swiftly and cost-effectively. The proposed mixed-integer linear programming model considers a scenario-based approach to handle the uncertainty of demand. Additionally, a real case study is presented to demonstrate the efficiency of the model. Moreover, numerical analyses are practiced to illustrate the importance and impact of the cost and the number of carrier rental contracts in the studied problem. Finally, The L-shaped algorithm is used to solve this model in different test instances and the result shows the applicability of the applied algorithm.

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Optimal contract design for cloud computing service with resource service guarantee

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

An exploration of high performance computing cloud contract for SMEs: a systematic literature review

An exploration of high performance computing cloud contract for SMEs: a systematic literature review

Conceptual Service Level Agreement Mechanism to Minimize the SLA Violation with SLA Negotiation Process in Cloud Computing Environment

Stochastic optimization for the carrier selection problem in humanitarian relief

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