King’s pioneers new generation software
A team of computer scientists in the Department of Informatics at King's College London is developing innovative software which could significantly improve the quality and reliability of cloud computing, thanks to a prestigious funding award. King's is part of a consortium of partners that have been awarded a European Union Marie Curie Initial Training Network award of ¤5 million. King's will receive ¤800,000 of funding. This award is enabling a team of leading computer scientists at King's to develop software that will make websites and internet-based services more flexible, reliable and secure under pressure. Cloud computing - where services and applications are hosted and accessed on-demand through the internet - is the next big thing in the technology world. As the trend towards cloud computing gathers momentum, a software infrastructure that can cope under stress will be vital. For services within the 'cloud' to react successfully and reconfigure to 'follow' a person moving between the home and office - intuitively knowing what their requirements will be - the software must be able to adapt itself and deal with demand.
