A Software Architecture Assisting Workflow Executions on Cloud Resources

Authors

  • Grzegorz Borowik Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
  • Marcin Woźniak Institute of Mathematics, Silesian University of Technology, Kaszubska 23, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • Andrea Fornaia Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
  • Rosario Giunta Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
  • Christian Napoli Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
  • Giuseppe Pappalardo Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
  • Emiliano Tramontana Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy

Abstract

An enterprise providing services handled by means of workflows needs to monitor and control their execution, gather usage data, determine priorities, and properly use computing cloud-related resources. This paper proposes a software architecture that connects unaware services to components handling workflow monitoring and management concerns. Moreover, the provided components enhance dependability of services while letting developers focus only on the business logic.

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2015-02-25

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Vol. 61 No. 1 (2015)

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