Retracted: Using Markov predictions for handling and allocating task to virtual machines in clouds data centres

The above article from IET Communications, published online on 16 December 2022 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the Interim Editor-in-Chief, Jian Ren, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET) and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. This article was published as part of a Guest Edited special issue. Following an investigation, the IET and the journal have determined that the article was not reviewed in line with the journal's peer review standards and there is evidence that the peer review process of the special issue underwent systematic manipulation. Accordingly, we cannot vouch for the integrity or reliability of the content. As such we have taken the decision to retract the article. The authors have been informed of the decision to retract.