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Federation-as-a-Service

A Cloud Federation Solution for the Public Sector

  • Cloud federation is a novel concept that has been drawing much attention
  • Platform relies on state-of-the-art cloud technology and exploits advanced blockchain-empowered solutions for enhanced security and reliability
  • Interesting for public sector solution providers, public sector decision-makers, and cloud computing technologists

About this book

This book presents a new, innovative cloud federation solution called Federation-as-a-Service (FaaS) and its software platform, SUNFISH. The authors explain the various engineering innovations involved, with a particular emphasis on the architectural level, and the contributions examine state-of-the-art state cloud technologies and advanced blockchain-empowered solutions for enhanced security and reliability.

The book will be of value to public sector solution providers, public sector decision-makers, cloud computing technologists, and those engaged with blockchain technology.

Keywords

  • Cloud Federation
  • Blockchain
  • Public Sector IT
  • Public Sector Governance
  • Privacy
  • Multiparty Computation
  • Service-Level Agreements (SLA)
  • Federation-as-a-Service (FaaS)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Electronics and Computer, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Vladimiro Sassone

  • Director of IT Infrastructure, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Roma, Italy

    Francesco Paolo Schiavo

  • Ministry of Economy and Finance, Sogei (Soc. Generale d'Informatica S.p.A.), Roma, Italy

    Luca Nicoletti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Federation-as-a-Service

  • Book Subtitle: A Cloud Federation Solution for the Public Sector

  • Editors: Vladimiro Sassone, Francesco Paolo Schiavo, Luca Nicoletti

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2041

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74119-2Due: To be confirmed

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74120-8Due: To be confirmed

  • Edition Number: 1