Title
Framework for building a low-cost, scalable, and secured platform for Web-delivered business services
Abstract
Many business services are now being delivered over the Web. This method of delivery is attracting the attention of both small- and medium-sized businesses and providers of application-based services because of its easier access, more affordable fees, and greater efficiency in delivering services to massive numbers of receivers. However, it requires the resolution of several key technical challenges. Data security is of top priority for most users because their data reside on remote servers whose resources are shared among tenants. In addition, such a platform needs to meticulously control the operational and delivery costs so that it remains competitive compared with traditional approaches. We have been developing a low-cost, scalable, and secured platform for Web-delivered business services. The platform enables the delivery of business services over the Web with a set of common business and operational support services, including subscription management, massive multitenancy, federated identity management, Web application security protection, and more. For instance, massive multitenancy deals with the isolation of data and service performance for subscribers. In this paper, we discuss the framework for such a platform, the key challenges for realizing the framework, and the approaches for dealing with the challenges.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1147/JRD.2010.2065891
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Keywords
Field
DocType
business services,business service,data security,technical challenges,massive multitenancy deal,common business,scalable platforms,remote servers,massive multitenancy,delivery cost,web-delivered business service,secured platform,medium-sized business,massive number
Services computing,Service (economics),Data security,World Wide Web,Industrialization of services business model,Computer science,Server,Multitenancy,Web application security,Scalability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
54
6
0018-8646
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
1.40
6
Authors
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yan Huang156844.91
Hui Su229333.30
Wei Sun335827.55
J. M. Zhang4101.40
C. J. Guo5101.40
J. M. Xu6101.40
Z. B. Jiang7101.40
S. X. Yang8101.40
J. Zhu9101.40