Estudi de cloud cumputing i desenvolupament d'un gestor de currículums en eyeOS

El Cloud Computing o computació en el núvol és un conjunt de tecnologies que busca tenir tots els nostres arxius i informació a Internet sense dependre de tenir la capacitat suficient per emmagatzemar informació, tan sols d'oferir-nos el servei que volem en el moment que necessitem. En aquest projecte es detalla l'estudi de les diferents solucions cloud a nivell personal necessàries pel nostre dia a dia amb l'objectiu d'obtenir una eina que ens permeti posteriorment desenvolupar una petita aplicació per a gestionar els nostres currículums vitae.

A Confluence of Risks: Control and Compliance in the World of Unstructured Data, Big Data and the Cloud

The emergence of powerful new technologies, the existence of large quantities of data, and increasing demands for the extraction of added value from these technologies and data have created a number of significant challenges for those charged with both corporate and information technology management. The possibilities are great, the expectations high, and the risks significant. Organisations seeking to employ cloud technologies and exploit the value of the data to which they have access, be this in the form of "Big Data" available from different external sources or data held within the organisation, in structured or unstructured formats, need to understand the risks involved in such activities. Data owners have responsibilities towards the subjects of the data and must also, frequently, demonstrate that they are in compliance with current standards, laws and regulations. This thesis sets out to explore the nature of the technologies that organisations might utilise, identify the most pertinent constraints and risks, and propose a framework for the management of data from discovery to external hosting that will allow the most significant risks to be managed through the definition, implementation, and performance of appropriate internal control activities.

Estado del arte en soluciones de virtualización : Sistemas gestores de Cloud: OpenNebula

En el presente proyecto se ha abordado la tarea de acercar las tecnologías existentes de plataformas de gestión de infraestructuras ofrecidas en la nube (Cloud Management Platform, aka CMP) al mundo empresarial. En concreto, se ha desplegado una solución de explotación de infraestructuras privadas en la nube (IaaS) enfocada a la gestión de un datacenter virtualizado, utilizando para ello soluciones completamente basadas en software libre, en concreto, OpenNebula.

Estado del arte en soluciones de virtualización/sistemas gestores cloud : OpenStack

Los servicios cloud se utilizan cada vez más en todo tipo de entornos, y la tendencia no hará sino acentuarse en los próximos años. Amazon AWS es líder de servicios IaaS y todos pretenden imitarles con éxito. OpenStack es una de las soluciones OpenSource con más apoyo de la comunidad y de sponsors de renombre. El presente proyecto introduce la arquitectura OpenStack y desarrolla un proyecto real de explotación IaaS basado en ésta.

The Job Board : Borsa de treball on-line, distribuïda i multi-dispositiu

Aquest treball final de carrera es basa en la creació d'una borsa de treball on-line, distribuïda i multi-dispositiu. Ha estat creada a partir de noves tecnologies com Play Framework i Twiter Bootstrap, utilitzant els llenguatges Java i Scala, usant marcatge HTML5 i desplegada en un servidor de cloud computing anomenat Heroku.

Cloud Corporatiu

Detall d'una implementació d'un sistema de computació al núvol a baixa escala i a nivell corporatiu.

Kaupallisen reaaliaikasimulointiohjelmiston mahdollisuudet mekatronisen konejärjestelmän tuotekehityksessä

Työn tavoitteena oli hankkia ja rakentaa kaupallisilla ohjelmistoilla ja laitteistoilla toteutettu reaaliaikasimulaattori. Työssä keskityttiin erityisesti valmiin Patu 655 puutavarakuormaimen simulointimallin visualisointiin reaaliaikasimulaattoriin hankitulla 3D-animointiohjelmalla. Lisäksi työssä selvitettiin reaaliaikasimuloinnin mahdollisuuksia konejärjestelmän tuotekehityksessä. Reaaliaikasimulaattorina käytettiin dSPACE:n reaaliaikasimulointiin valmistamia kaupallisia laitteita ja ohjelmia. Puutavarakuormaimen simulointimalli käännettiin simulaattorissa suoritettavaksi, jonka jälkeen mallin liikkeet visualisoitiin käyttämällä RealMotion 3D-animointiohjelmaa. Animoitu grafiikka tuotiin sekä AutoCAD- että ADAMS -ohjelmasta. Työn tuloksena saatiin hankittua reaaliaikasimulaattori, jonka havaittiin olevan toimiva kokonaisuus. Puutavarakuormaimen ja muiden simulointimallien automatisoitu kääntö simulaattoriin onnistui hyvin. Simulointimallien visualisointi toimi sujuvasti käytetyn 3D-animointiohjelman avulla. Konejärjestelmien tuotekehitysprosessia havaittiin voitavan nopeuttaa reaaliaikasimulaattorin avulla.

SaaS and Public Cloud from Custom Application Provider’s Perspective

The main objective of this master’s thesis is to provide a comprehensive view to cloud computing and SaaS, and analyze how well CADM, a unit of Capgemini Finland Ltd., would fit to the cloud-based SaaS business. Another objective for this thesis is to investigate how public clouds would fit for CADM as a delivery model, if they would provide SaaS applications to their customers. This master’s thesis is executed by investigating characteristics of cloud computing and SaaS especially from application provider point of view. This is done by exploring what kinds of researches and analysis there have been done regarding these two phenomena during past few years. Then CADM’s current business model and operations are analyzed from SaaS’s and public cloud’s perspective. This analyzing part is conducted by using SWOT analysis which is widely used analytical tool when observing company’s strategic position and when figuring out possibilities how to improve company’s operations. The conducted analysis and observations reveals that CADM should pursue SaaS business as it could provide remarkable advantages and strengthen their position in current markets. However, pure SaaS model would not be the optimal solution for CADM because they do not have own product which could be transformed to SaaS model, and they lack of Infrastructure Management ability. Also public cloud would not be the most suitable delivery model for them if providing SaaS services. The main observation of this thesis is that CADM should adopt the SaaS model via Capgemini Immediate offering.

Optimizing Customer Energy Invoice Calculation with Parallel Computation

Diplomityön tarkoituksena on optimoida asiakkaiden sähkölaskun laskeminen hajautetun laskennan avulla. Älykkäiden etäluettavien energiamittareiden tullessa jokaiseen kotitalouteen, energiayhtiöt velvoitetaan laskemaan asiakkaiden sähkölaskut tuntiperusteiseen mittaustietoon perustuen. Kasvava tiedonmäärä lisää myös tarvittavien laskutehtävien määrää. Työssä arvioidaan vaihtoehtoja hajautetun laskennan toteuttamiseksi ja luodaan tarkempi katsaus pilvilaskennan mahdollisuuksiin. Lisäksi ajettiin simulaatioita, joiden avulla arvioitiin rinnakkaislaskennan ja peräkkäislaskennan eroja. Sähkölaskujen oikeinlaskemisen tueksi kehitettiin mittauspuu-algoritmi.

Enterprise applications migration to the cloud: risks and opportunities

Millions of enterprises move their applications to a cloud every year. According to Forrester Research “the global cloud computing market will grow from a $40.7 billion in 2011 to $241 billion in 2020”. Due to increased interests and demand broad range of providers and solutions have appeared in the market. It is vital to be able to predict possible problems correctly and to classify and mitigate risks associated with the migration process. The study will show the main criteria that should be taken into consideration while making decision of moving enterprise applications to the cloud and choosing appropriate vendor. The main goal of the research is to identify main problems during the migration to a cloud and propose a solution for their prevention and mitigation of consequences in case of occurrence. The research provides an overview of existing cloud solutions and deployment models for enterprise applications. It identifies decision drivers of an applications migration to a cloud and potential risks and benefits associated with this. Finally, the best practices for the successful enterprise-to-cloud migration based on the case studies analysis are formulated.

Cloud service purchase behavior

This study aims to open up some typical models of organizational buying behavior. As the cloud computing and cloud services seem to be the today´s hype, the study seeks to further facilitate the understanding of organizational buying behavior regarding cloud services by interviewing a decision maker of this field in the purchaser´s side and also for comparison a cloud service provider´s representative from the vendor´s side.

Empirical study on the adoption, use and effects of cloud-based testing

Cloud computing is a practically relevant paradigm in computing today. Testing is one of the distinct areas where cloud computing can be applied. This study addressed the applicability of cloud computing for testing within organizational and strategic contexts. The study focused on issues related to the adoption, use and effects of cloudbased testing. The study applied empirical research methods. The data was collected through interviews with practitioners from 30 organizations and was analysed using the grounded theory method. The research process consisted of four phases. The first phase studied the definitions and perceptions related to cloud-based testing. The second phase observed cloud-based testing in real-life practice. The third phase analysed quality in the context of cloud application development. The fourth phase studied the applicability of cloud computing in the gaming industry. The results showed that cloud computing is relevant and applicable for testing and application development, as well as other areas, e.g., game development. The research identified the benefits, challenges, requirements and effects of cloud-based testing; and formulated a roadmap and strategy for adopting cloud-based testing. The study also explored quality issues in cloud application development. As a special case, the research included a study on applicability of cloud computing in game development. The results can be used by companies to enhance the processes for managing cloudbased testing, evaluating practical cloud-based testing work and assessing the appropriateness of cloud-based testing for specific testing needs.

Migrating legacy applications to cloud: case TOAS

Cloud computing, despite its success and promises, presents issues for businesses mi­grating their legacy applications to cloud. In this research legacy-to-cloud migration issues are reviewed based on literature findings and an experience report. Solutions are applied to Tieto Open Application Suite (TOAS) software development platform running on cloud infrastructure. It is observed that the migration strategy heavily affects the migration approach. For TOAS a strategy of redesigning the applications for cloud is suggested. Common migration-driven application level modifications in­clude adaptation to service-oriented architecture, load balancing, and runtime and technology changes. A cloud platform such as TOAS might introduce additional needs. Decision making on migration strategy is found to be an issue to be solved case by case. Use of assistive decision making tools is suggested.

Institutional Repository ecosystem in Japan, IRDB and JAIRO Cloud

Poster at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Research Data Management in the Cloud

Workshop at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014