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International Workshop on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications

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Comparing Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure Platforms for Undergraduate Laboratory Use

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Knowing the advantages of public cloud services is important for undergraduate students that will work in the IT domain. The study of cloud technology should cover not only the theoretical aspects but should also give hands on access and experience with the management interface. Two important players on this market offer access to services as a free trial that allows testing and light cloud platform usage: Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. This paper compares these free services and their usability in an undergraduate laboratory at the Computer Science specialization and proposes a laboratory structure that should cover this process of investigation.

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  1. FECC, University of Pitesti, Pitesti, Arges, Romania

    Valeriu Manuel Ionescu

  2. Systems and Automatic Control Department, University College of Engineering of Vitoria, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain

    Jose Manuel Lopez-Guede

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  1. Computational Intelligence Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastian, Spain

    Manuel Graña

  2. University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain

    José Manuel López-Guede

  3. Computational Intelligence Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastian, Spain

    Oier Etxaniz

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain

    Álvaro Herrero

  5. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Héctor Quintián

  6. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Emilio Corchado

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Ionescu, V.M., Lopez-Guede, J.M. (2017). Comparing Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure Platforms for Undergraduate Laboratory Use. In: Graña, M., López-Guede, J.M., Etxaniz, O., Herrero, Á., Quintián, H., Corchado, E. (eds) International Joint Conference SOCO’16-CISIS’16-ICEUTE’16. SOCO CISIS ICEUTE 2016 2016 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 527. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47364-2_79

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