Guest editorial: Cloud computing

Cloud computing is a novel computing paradigm that utilizes remote cloud resources to achieve a high-performance computation. Cloud provides infrastructure, platform and software as different on-demand services. China has made remarkable progress in cloud-based products and operating system technology. The government, enterprises and research institutions are all active in the development of cloud computing-related projects. Despite the progress, many important problems still need to be resolved. The goal of this Special Topic Issue is to explore the research and developments related to cloud computing.