Towards Virtualization of Rich Applications for Distribution under a SaaS Model

D. A. Rodriguez-Silva, L. Adkinson-Orellana, V. Fernandez-Diaz, F. J. Gonzalez-Castaño

2013

Abstract

Current mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, netbooks…), widely used nowadays, can run potent native applications, but they cannot support typical desktop applications from any operating system. Since modern devices support recent web standards as HTML5, it is possible to develop a solution based on a thin web client to grant remote access to desktop applications offered under a SaaS model. This paper proposes the development of an innovative remote desktop system able to detect application content and encode it efficiently in real-time, to support an optimal visualization on clients, combining both remote desktop and streaming protocols. The system is hosted by a cloud infrastructure that ensures scalability, and it follows a pay-per-use model. Application providers can include their software in a dynamic cloud repository, from where it is launched remotely to meet final user demands.

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in Harvard Style

Rodriguez-Silva D., Adkinson-Orellana L., Fernandez-Diaz V. and Gonzalez-Castaño F. (2013). Towards Virtualization of Rich Applications for Distribution under a SaaS Model . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-8565-52-5, pages 370-373. DOI: 10.5220/0004375503700373


in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer13,
author={D. A. Rodriguez-Silva and L. Adkinson-Orellana and V. Fernandez-Diaz and F. J. Gonzalez-Castaño},
title={Towards Virtualization of Rich Applications for Distribution under a SaaS Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2013},
pages={370-373},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004375503700373},
isbn={978-989-8565-52-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - Towards Virtualization of Rich Applications for Distribution under a SaaS Model
SN - 978-989-8565-52-5
AU - Rodriguez-Silva D.
AU - Adkinson-Orellana L.
AU - Fernandez-Diaz V.
AU - Gonzalez-Castaño F.
PY - 2013
SP - 370
EP - 373
DO - 10.5220/0004375503700373