A Comparison of Cloud Execution Mechanisms: Fog, Edge and Clone Cloud Computing

Abstract

Cloud computing is a technology that was developed a decade ago to provide uninterrupted, scalable services to  users  and  organizations. Cloud  computing  also  became  an attractive feature for mobile users due to the limited features of mobile devices. The combination of cloud technologies with mobile technologies gave a new area of computing called mobile cloud computing. This  combined technology is  used to augment the resources existing in smart devices. In recent times Fog computing, Edge computing and Clone Cloud computing techniques have become the latest trends after mobile cloud computing, which have all been developed to address the limitations in cloud computing. This paper reviews these recent technologies in detail. This paper also addresses the differences in these technologies and how each of them are effective to organizations and developers. Cl ou d c o m p u t i n g is a t ec h n o l o g y t h a t w a s d e ve l o p e d a de c a d e a g o to p r ov i d e u n i n t er r u p t e d , s ca l a b le s e r v i ce s to u s er s an d or ga n i za ti o n s. C l o u d c o m pu ti n g  a lso b e c a m e an a ttr a c ti v e f e a t u re f o r m o b ile users d u e to t h e l i m it e d fe a t u r es o f m o bile d e v i ce s. T h e c o m b in a tion o f c l o u d t e c h n o l o gi e s w ith m o b ile tec h n o l o g i e s g a v e a n e w are a o f c o m p u t i n g ca ll e d m o b ile c l ou d c o m puti n g . T h i s  c o m bin e d t ec h n o l o g y i s  u s e d t o a u g m e n t t h e res o u r ce s e x i st i n g in s m ar t d e v i ces . I n rec e n t t i m e s F o g c o m pu ti n g , E d g e c o m p u t i n g a n d Cl o n e C l o u d c o m p u t i n g t e c hn i q u e s h a ve be c o m e t h e l a t e st t r e n d s a f t e r mob ile c l o u d c o m p u t i n g , w h i c h ha ve a ll b e e n d e v e l o p e d to a d d re ss t h e l i m i t a ti o n s in c l ou d c o m pu t i n g . T h is p a p e r r e v i e w s t h es e rec e n t tec h n o l o g i e s in d e t a il. T h is p ap er a l s o a d d r ess e s t h e d i ffer e n c e s i n t h es e te c h n o l o g i e s a n d h o w ea c h of t h e m a r e effect iv e to o r g a n i z a ti o n s a n d d e vel o p e rs. Cloud computing is a technology that was developed a decade ago to provide uninterrupted, scalable services to  users  and  organizations. Cloud  computing  also  became  an attractive feature for mobile users due to the limited features of mobile devices. The combination of cloud technologies with mobile technologies gave a new area of computing called mobile cloud computing. This  combined technology is  used to augment the resources existing in smart devices. In recent times Fog computing, Edge computing and Clone Cloud computing techniques have become the latest trends after mobile cloud computing, which have all been developed to address the limitations in cloud computing. This paper reviews these recent technologies in detail. This paper also addresses the differences in these technologies and how each of them are effective to organizations and developers.