Elastic stream cloud (ESC): A stream-oriented cloud computing platform for Rich Internet Application

Recently, a number of cloud computing paradigms have been proposed. The new term of cloud computing is not a new concept, is a long-held dream of computing as a utility [1]. From the view of datacenters, the common understanding of the cloud computing concept is Software as a Service (SaaS), utility computing and application virtualization. In the domain of Rich Internet Application (RIA) domain, the view is different. Hence, in this paper, we define stream-oriented cloud computing and provide the architecture for creating Clouds with steam-oriented objects allocation by leveraging technologies such as flash stream media. We also provide insights on stream-based object management strategies that encompass both user centered service management and stream computational distribution and large scale video slides allocation. In addition, we reveal our early thoughts on interconnecting Clouds for dynamically creating global stream cloud exchanges and management. Then, we present a sample deployment of the elastic stream cloud, especially those developed in internet TV broadcast industries along with our current work towards realizing stream-oriented stream cloud technologies.