Methodologies for Cloud Portability and Interoperability

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the state-of-the-art methodologies and technologies that are currently used or being investigated to enable cloud portability and interoperability. These include Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and languages, Semantic technologies, Cloud Patterns, and Agent Systems. We illustrate in detail how the use of cloud patterns can enable robust cloud applications design and development with respect to portability and interoperability. We position the several methodologies and technologies illustrated with respect to the use case scenarios and features defined in Chap. 1, and we test them by analyzing their application to the case study illustrated in Chap. 1. We also mention and briefly illustrate the contributions coming from projects funded by the European Commission FP7 program.