2013
Guide to Cloud ComputingPrinciples and PracticeAuthors:
- Richard Hill,
- Laurie Hirsch,
- Peter Lake,
- Siavash Moshiri
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ISBN: 978-1-4471-4602-5 (Print) 978-1-4471-4603-2 (Online)
Principles and Practice
Series: Computer Communications and Networks
Hill, R., Hirsch, L., Lake, P., Moshiri, S.
2013, XXI, 278 p. 38 illus.
ISBN 978-1-4471-4603-2
Immediately available per PDF-download (no DRM, watermarked)
- About this textbook
- Includes review questions, hands-on exercises, study activities and discussion topics throughout the text
- Describes the key technologies involved in cloud computing, and demonstrates the approaches used to build cloud computing infrastructures
- Explores the use of cloud computing in business environments
This Guide to Cloud Computing describes the landscape of cloud computing from first principles, leading the reader step-by-step through the process of building and configuring a cloud environment. The book not only considers the technologies for designing and creating cloud computing platforms, but also the business models and frameworks in real-world implementation of cloud platforms. Emphasis is placed on “learning by doing,” and readers are encouraged to experiment with a range of different tools and approaches.
Topics and features:
- Includes review questions, hands-on exercises, study activities and discussion topics throughout the text
- Describes the key technologies involved in cloud computing
- Explores the use of cloud computing in business environments
- Demonstrates the approaches used to build cloud computing infrastructures
- Reviews the social, economic, and political aspects of the on-going growth in cloud computing use
- Discusses legal and security concerns in cloud computing
- Examines techniques for the appraisal of financial investment into cloud computing
- Identifies areas for further research within this rapidly-moving field
Table of contents Part I: Cloud Computing Fundamentals
Introduction to Cloud Computing
Business Adoption Models and Legal Aspects of the Cloud
Social, Economic and Political Aspects of the Cloud
Part II: Technological Context
Cloud Technology
Cloud Services
Data in the Cloud
Cloud and Web Intelligence
Part III: Business Context
Investment Appraisal
Enterprise Cloud Computing
Security and Governance
Cloud Roadmap
Challenges and the Future