Internet-based Virtual Computing Environment: Beyond the data center as a computer

► Centralized data centers alone are often inadequate for new emerging Internet applications. ► Dynamic combination of data centers and other multi-scale resources on the Internet. ► Model to address two challenges: multi-scale resource aggregation and elastic binding. ► iVCE software platform has been designed and implemented to embody the model. ► iVCE is a novel promising way for economical and elastic Cloud Computing.