Virtual Computing Laboratory (VCL)
: is an open source implementation of a secure
production level on-demand utility computing and se
rvices oriented technology for
accessing wide-area to solutions based on virtualiz
ed resources including computational
resources, storage and software. VCL pilots are imp
lemented with a number of universities
around the world. The VCL implementation [38] has m
ost of the characteristics and
functionalities and is considered desirable in an e
ducational cloud computing. Functionally,
it has a large intersection with Amazon Elastic Clo
ud [23].