3d8d135818d1675848a5cc2 20240531025524959 chitu:chitu chitkarauniversitypublications@chitkara.edu.in WEB-FORM Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies JTMGE 0976545X 24563226 10.15415/jtmge https://tmg.chitkara.edu.in/ 10 25 2019 10 25 2019 10 2 10.15415/jtmge.2019.102 https://tmg.chitkara.edu.in/2019/vol-10-no-02/ Intercloud Resource Discovery: A Future Perspective using Blockchain Technology Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jammu-181122, India Mekhla Sharma Ankur Gupta Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jammu-181122, India Intercloud is a single logical entity orchestrating resources from different individual clouds providing on-demand resource provisioning in a seamless manner. However, achieving efficient resource discovery in the intercloud environment remains a challenging task owing to the heterogeneity of resources and diversity of cloud platforms. The paper briefs about intercloud resource discovery, outlines the current work done using existing approaches and examines the challenges involved. Finally, the paper explains the concept of blockchain and presents an innovative conceptual model for efficient resource discovery in intercloud. 10 25 2019 10 25 2019 89 95 10.15415/jtmge.2019.102008 https://tmg.chitkara.edu.in/2019/intercloud-resource-discovery-a-future-perspective-using-blockchain-technology/