Cloud computing proved to offer flexible IT solutions. Although large enterprises may benefit from this technology, SMEs are falling behind in cloud usage due to missing ITcompetence and hence lose the ability to efficiently adapt their IT to their business needs. This paper introduces the project idea of the H2020 project CloudSocket, by elaborating the idea of Business Processes as a Service (BPaaS), where concept models and semantics are applied to align business processes with Cloud deployed workflows. Four architectural building blocks are proposed for (i) design, (ii) allocation, (iii) execution and (iv) evaluation are discussed before providing and outlook.
Part 3: Short PapersInternational audienceThe importance of Modelling Method Engineering is equally rising with the importance of domain specific modelling methods and individual modelling approaches. In order to capture the most relevant semantic primitives that address domain specifics needs, it is necessary to involve both, method engineers as well as domain experts. Due to complexity of conceptualization of a modelling method and development of regarding modelling tool, there is a need of a guideline and corresponding tools supporting actors with different background along this complex process. Based on practical experience in business, more than twenty EU projects and other research initiatives, this paper introduces a toolbox to support the conceptualization of a modelling method. The realized toolbox is introduced and evaluated by two EU-funded research projects in the domain of e-learning and cloud computing as well as additionally by an in-house development project in the area of decision modelling extensions. The paper discusses the evaluation results and derived outlooks
Engineering of services using a model-driven approach became a prominent field in the research and commercial world in recent years. Looking at Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) related publications, the term "Service modeling" has a multitude of perspectives and aspects. In order to make the results tangible a grouping of observation from literature has been performed allowing the identification of research challenges for a Hybrid Service Modeling framework. As a realization proposal the Hybrid Modeling Approach for Services is introduced. The approach builds upon metamodelling concepts resulting in six axioms for combining modeling perspectives/aspects in an open environment.
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