Tag Archives: Cloud availability

Insuring against cloud failures

We all store (and often share) our information on a cloud. Cloud storage is typically free for limited amounts of memory (which may mean 25 GB, which is by no means a small amount...). When we assign our data to a cloud, … Continue reading

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Some photos from DRCN 2013

Last week I attended the 9th International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2013) in Budapest, Hungary. In addition to presenting my own paper on cloud availability (you can download it here, while you find the presentation here), it … Continue reading

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On the availability of cloud-based services. My paper at DRCN 2013.

My paper "The availability of cloud-based services: is it living up to its promise?" has just been presented at the 9th International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks - DRCN 2013 -  held in Budapest, Hungary, March 4-7, 2013. You … Continue reading

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Cloud availability data

Every prospective cloud storage purchaser would like to know availability data about its cloud in advance, to make the best possible choice. However, very few data are available. Shall we trust what cloud storage providers boast? And believe their promise … Continue reading

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