Yun Yang is currently a full professor in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining Swinburne in 1999 as an associate professor, he was a lecturer and senior lecturer at Deakin University, Australia, during 1996-1999. He has coauthored four books and published over 200 papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is currently on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. His current research interests include software technologies, cloud computing, p2p/grid/cloud workflow systems, and service-oriented computing. Wenhao Li is currently a research fellow in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, cloud and grid computing, workflow technologies, and data management in distributed computing environment. Dong Yuan is currently a research fellow in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include data management in parallel and distributed systems, scheduling and resource management, grid and cloud computing.

• Data Reliability in the CloudData Reliability AssuranceGeneric Data Reliability Model in the CloudMeeting the Data Reliability RequirementCost-Effective Data Reliability Assurance for Data MaintenanceCost-Effective Data Transfer for Data Creation and Data RecoveryConclusions

Yun Yang is currently a full professor in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining Swinburne in 1999 as an associate professor, he was a lecturer and senior lecturer at Deakin University, Australia, during 1996-1999. He has coauthored four books and published over 200 papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is currently on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. His current research interests include software technologies, cloud computing, p2p/grid/cloud workflow systems, and service-oriented computing. Wenhao Li is currently a research fellow in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, cloud and grid computing, workflow technologies, and data management in distributed computing environment. Dong Yuan is currently a research fellow in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include data management in parallel and distributed systems, scheduling and resource management, grid and cloud computing.

• Data Reliability in the CloudData Reliability AssuranceGeneric Data Reliability Model in the CloudMeeting the Data Reliability RequirementCost-Effective Data Reliability Assurance for Data MaintenanceCost-Effective Data Transfer for Data Creation and Data RecoveryConclusions

Yun Yang is currently a full professor in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining Swinburne in 1999 as an associate professor, he was a lecturer and senior lecturer at Deakin University, Australia, during 1996-1999. He has coauthored four books and published over 200 papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is currently on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. His current research interests include software technologies, cloud computing, p2p/grid/cloud workflow systems, and service-oriented computing. Wenhao Li is currently a research fellow in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, cloud and grid computing, workflow technologies, and data management in distributed computing environment. Dong Yuan is currently a research fellow in School of Software and Electrical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include data management in parallel and distributed systems, scheduling and resource management, grid and cloud computing.

• Data Reliability in the CloudData Reliability AssuranceGeneric Data Reliability Model in the CloudMeeting the Data Reliability RequirementCost-Effective Data Reliability Assurance for Data MaintenanceCost-Effective Data Transfer for Data Creation and Data RecoveryConclusions