Recent research advances in cloud computing and big data

Abstract

Cloud computing, often referred to as simply 'the cloud', is the delivery of on-demand computing resources-everything from applications to data centers-over the Internet on a pay-for-use basis [3]. Cloud computing also promises to accommodate a huge volume of data that is regarded as a promising methodology to deal with efficient big data processing. Integration of cloud and big data ecosystems thereby not only allows improved cloud resource utilization and efficiency but also brings optimized performance for big data applications underpinned by cloud infrastructures. Based on the trend that cloud infrastructures of traditional way in which big data applications are executed are undergoing radical change, cloud has evolved in many aspects including cloud architectures, cloud applications, cloud security, and cloud services. However, there are still many other challenges to be resolved to offer better support for big data applications.Research advances in big data and cloud computing continue to be major focus areas in research and industry and we expect that to continue for the next few years. This special issue focuses on new strategic research area that addresses 'Recent Research Advances in Cloud Computing and Big Data'. From the submitted papers for the 2nd

Big Data Architecture, Platform, Application and Trend

“…Big data refers to datasets whose size is beyond the ability of typical database software tools to capture, store, manage, and analyze [1]. Massive data from social media, mobile application, the Internet of things, and more has result to the hot research in big data.…”