Robert John Walters

Robert J. Walters worked for almost 15 years in commercial banking before leaving to study Mathematics with Computer Science at University of Southampton. After completing his degree, he worked for several years as a software developer before returning to Southampton in 1996. Since then, he has completed his PhD in 2003 and is currently employed as a lecturer in Electronics and Computer Science at University of Southampton.

Publications

A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds
A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds
Abdulelah Alwabel, Robert John Walters, Gary B. Wills. © 2019. 22 pages.
Cloud computing is a new paradigm that promises to move IT a step further towards utility computing, in which computing services are delivered as a utility service....
A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds
A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds
Abdulelah Alwabel, Robert John Walters, Gary B. Wills. © 2016. 21 pages.
Cloud computing is a new paradigm that promises to move IT a step further towards utility computing, in which computing services are delivered as a utility service....
Cloud Computing and Frameworks for Organisational Cloud Adoption
Cloud Computing and Frameworks for Organisational Cloud Adoption
Victor Chang, Robert John Walters, Gary B. Wills. © 2016. 25 pages.
This chapter presents a selected review for Cloud Computing and explains the issues and risks of adopting Cloud Computing in a business environment. Although all the risks...
Delivery and Adoption of Cloud Computing Services in Contemporary Organizations
Delivery and Adoption of Cloud Computing Services in Contemporary Organizations
Victor Chang, Robert John Walters, Gary Wills. © 2015. 519 pages.
The ubiquity of technology has not only brought the need for computer knowledge to every aspect of the modern business world; it has also increased our need to safely store the...
Cloud Computing and Frameworks for Organisational Cloud Adoption
Cloud Computing and Frameworks for Organisational Cloud Adoption
Victor Chang, Robert John Walters, Gary B. Wills. © 2015. 25 pages.
This chapter presents a selected review for Cloud Computing and explains the issues and risks of adopting Cloud Computing in a business environment. Although all the risks...
A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds
A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds
Abdulelah Alwabel, Robert John Walters, Gary B. Wills. © 2015. 20 pages.
Cloud computing is a new paradigm that promises to move IT a step further towards utility computing, in which computing services are delivered as a utility service....
Performance Evaluation of Multi-Core Multi-Cluster Architecture (MCMCA)
Performance Evaluation of Multi-Core Multi-Cluster Architecture (MCMCA)
Norhazlina Hamid, Robert John Walters, Gary B. Wills. © 2015. 26 pages.
A multi-core cluster is a cluster composed of numbers of nodes where each node has a number of processors, each with more than one core within each single chip. Cluster nodes are...
The Financial Clouds Review
The Financial Clouds Review
Victor Chang, Chung-Sheng Li, David De Roure, Gary Wills, Robert John Walters, Clinton Chee. © 2013. 22 pages.
This paper demonstrates financial enterprise portability, which involves moving entire application services from desktops to clouds and between different clouds, and is...
The Financial Clouds Review
The Financial Clouds Review
Victor Chang, Chung-Sheng Li, David De Roure, Gary Wills, Robert John Walters, Clinton Chee. © 2012. 22 pages.
This paper demonstrates financial enterprise portability, which involves moving entire application services from desktops to clouds and between different clouds, and is...
Business Integration as a Service
Business Integration as a Service
Victor Chang, Robert John Walters, Gary Wills. © 2012. 25 pages.
This paper presents Business Integration as a Service (BIaS) which enables connections between services operating in the Cloud. BIaS integrates different services and business...
Towards a Structured Cloud ROI: The University of Southampton Cost-Saving and User Satisfaction Case Studies
Towards a Structured Cloud ROI: The University of Southampton Cost-Saving and User Satisfaction Case Studies
Victor Chang, Gary Wills, Robert John Walters, Wendy Currie. © 2012. 22 pages.
Organisational Sustainability Modelling (OSM) is a new way to measure Cloud business performance quantitatively and accurately, and is a key area offered by Cloud Computing...
The Financial Clouds Review
The Financial Clouds Review
Victor Chang, Chung-Sheng Li, David De Roure, Gary Wills, Robert John Walters, Clinton Chee. © 2011. 23 pages.
This paper demonstrates financial enterprise portability, which involves moving entire application services from desktops to clouds and between different clouds, and is...
Case Studies and Organisational Sustainability Modelling Presented by Cloud Computing Business Framework
Case Studies and Organisational Sustainability Modelling Presented by Cloud Computing Business Framework
Victor Chang, David De Roure, Gary Wills, Robert John Walters. © 2011. 28 pages.
In this paper, Cloud Computing Business Framework (CCBF) is proposed to help organisations achieve good Cloud design, deployment, migration, and services. Although organisations...