Profit maximization model for cloud provider based on Windows Azure platform

• Main Authors: Chaisiri, Sivadon, Lee, Bu-Sung, Niyato, Dusit
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Computer hardware, software and systems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94751; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8418; http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/udddasf/publications.html
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper studies a cloud computing market where a cloud provider rents a set of computing resources from Windows Azure operated by Microsoft. The cloud provider can integrate value-added services to the resources. Then, the services can be sold to customers, and the cloud provider can earn a profi...