Cloud bursting: Managing peak loads by leasing public cloud services

Abstract

In general, small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) face problems of unpredictable IT service demand and infrastructure cost. Thus, the enterprises strive towards an IT delivery model which is both dynamic and flexible, and able to be easily aligned with their constantly changing business needs. In this context, Cloud computing has emerged as a new approach allowing anyone to quickly provision a large IT infrastructure that can be completely customized to the user’s needs on a pay-per-use basis. This paradigm opens new perspectives on the way in which enterprises’ IT needs are managed. Thus, a growing number of enterprises are outsourcing a significant percentage of their infrastructure to..