As the backbone of communications amongst objects, humans, companies, and administrations, the Internet has become a great integration platform capable of efficiently interconnecting billions of entities, from RFID chips to data centers. This platform provides access to multiple hardware and virtualized resources (servers, networking, storage, applications, connected objects) coming from cloud computing and Internet-of-Things (IoT) infrastructures. From these resources that may be hosted and distributed amongst different providers and tenants, the building and operation of complex and value-added networked systems is enabled.

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客座编辑介绍：网络和服务安全管理最新发展特刊


作为物体、人类、公司和管理机构之间通信的支柱，互联网已经成为一个伟大的集成平台，能够有效地互连数十亿个实体，从 RFID 芯片到数据中心。该平台提供对来自云计算和物联网 (IoT) 基础设施的多种硬件和虚拟化资源（服务器、网络、存储、应用程序、连接对象）的访问。通过这些可以在不同提供商和租户之间托管和分布的资源，可以构建和操作复杂且增值的网络系统。