Title: An approach for developing an interoperability mechanism between cloud providers

Authors: Meriem Thabet; Mahmoud Boufaida; Fabrice Kordon

Addresses: LIRE Laboratory, Software Technologies and Information Systems Department, Constantine 2 University, 25000, Algeria ' LIRE Laboratory, Software Technologies and Information Systems Department, Constantine 2 University, 25000, Algeria ' LIP6 Laboratory, Pierre and Marie Curie University, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, Cedex 05, France

Abstract: Due to the presence of numerous cloud service providers, the requirement is emerging for interoperability between them so that companies can choose multiple suppliers to fit their needs. This paper provides an approach to address the problem of cloud interoperability. We aim at facilitating the collaboration among providers by proposing an architecture based on an agent society, to support and ensure the data portability and interoperability. For that, we define a two-phase migration protocol that enables data portability by permitting providers to exchange data regardless of their infrastructure, tools and platforms, according to a specific demand in order to satisfy companies' needs.

Keywords: cloud providers; cloud interoperability; data portability; agent society; heterogeneous clouds; migration protocol; cloud computing; multiple suppliers; collaboration; data exchange; agent-based systems; multi-agent systems; MAS.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSC.2014.062469

International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing, 2014 Vol.4 No.2, pp.88 - 99

Received: 03 Jan 2014
Accepted: 09 Jan 2014

Published online: 05 Jul 2014 *

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