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Cloud computing is an emerging technology with a high impact on the operation and development of applications. Scalable web applications in particular can benefit from the advantages of Platform-as-a-Service solutions as they simplify development and maintenance. Unfortunately most of these offerings are a kind of one-way road as they lock the applications in the platform and vendor. This paper describes the TwoSpot platform we have developed to provide broader access to the advantages of Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service functionalities by applying open and standards-based technologies.
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Wolke, A., Meixner, G. (2010). TwoSpot: A Cloud Platform for Scaling Out Web Applications Dynamically. In: Di Nitto, E., Yahyapour, R. (eds) Towards a Service-Based Internet. ServiceWave 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6481. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17694-4_2
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