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When Virtual is Harder than Real: Resource Allocation Challenges in Virtual Machine Based IT Environments

HPL-2007-25 When Virtual is Harder than Real: Resource Allocation Challenges in Virtual Machine Based IT Environments - Cherkasova, Ludmila; Gupta, Diwaker; Vahdat, Amin
Keyword(s): virtualization; Xen; resource allocation; benchmarks; application performance; CPU schedulers
Abstract: The primary motivation for enterprises to adopt virtualization technologies is the promise of creating a more agile and dynamic IT infrastructure --- with server consolidation, high resource utilization, the ability to quickly add and adjust capacity on demand --- while lowering total cost of owners ...
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Feb

23

HPL-2007-22 Public services innovation through technology - Pym, David; Taylor, Richard; Tofts, Chris
Keyword(s): government innovation; services innovation; services technologies; co-evolution
Abstract: Governments struggle to understand how technologies may be used to innovate in the development and delivery of public sectors. Frequently technologies are seen as quick and effective fixes for problems that may run far deeper than obvious process and user dynamics. As often, solutions are considered ...
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Feb

23

HPL-2007-18 Anvil: VDP Segmented Workflow Toolset - Giannetti, Fabio; Sellman, Royston
Keyword(s): digital press; indigo; VDP; workflow; PPML; PPMLT
Abstract: No abstract available. ...
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Feb

7

HPL-2007-17 SLA Decomposition: Translating Service Level Objectives to System Level Thresholds - Chen, Yuan; Iyer, Subu; Liu, Xue; Milojicic, Dejan; Sahai, Akhil
Keyword(s): Service Level Agreements (SLA) Management; performance modeling; queueing network model; utility computing virtualization
Abstract: Service Level Agreements (SLAs) capture the agreed upon guarantees between a service provider and its customer. In today's complex and highly dynamic computing environments, systems/services have to be constantly adjusted to meet SLAs and to improve resource utilization, thus reducing operating cost ...
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Feb

7

HPL-2007-9 Integrating Contextual Video Annotation into Media Authoring for Video Podcasting and Digital Medical Records - Lin, I-Jong; Chao, Hui
Keyword(s): video annotation; multimedia processing; digital medical records; podcasting
Abstract: In this paper, we demonstrate how rich media annotation can enable two new applications for video podcasting and digital medical records. At WIAMIS 2004, we introduced an innovative video annotation technology called Active Shadows, that captures a virtual presence interacting with a displayed image ...
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Feb

7

HPL-2007-7 On Parametric Obligation Policies: Enabling Privacy-aware Information Lifecycle Management in Enterprises - Casassa Mont, Marco; Beato, Filipe
Keyword(s): identity management; privacy; information lifecycle management; obligation policies; obligation management system; scalability
Abstract: Enterprises that collect and process personal data must deal with related privacy management issues. It is not just a matter of privacy-aware access control: privacy obligation policies, dictating duties and expectations on how personal data has to be handled, must be considered too. The management ...
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Feb

7

HPL-2007-3 Towards understanding and providing assurance about separation - Drozdzewski, Daniel; Baldwin, Adrian; Goldsack, Patrick
Keyword(s): separation; containment; utility computing; HPUX; assurance
Abstract: One of the key aspects of securing a system is to ensure separation and containment between different concerns. This could be between processes and communications within a single machine; through to different applications and network segments in an enterprise to customers in a shared data centre. Co ...
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