Grid Economics and Business Models: 6th International Workshop, GECON 2009, Delft, The Netherlands, August 24, 2009, Proceedings

GECON — Grid Economics and Business Models Cloud computing is seen by many people as the natural evolution of Grid computing concepts. Both, for instance, rely on the use of service—based approaches for pro— sioning compute and data resources. The importance of understanding business m— els and the economics of distributed computing systems and services has generally remained unchanged in the move to Cloud computing. This understanding is nec— sary in order to build sustainable e—infrastruc...