Cloud computing : concepts

Now Fully Updated: The Definitive, Vendor-Neutral Guide to Cloud Computing Success Cloud computing offers immense opportunities to improve agility and competitiveness - as well as significant risks. To maximize value and avoid pitfalls, you need a thorough, vendor-neutral understanding of today's technologies, models, tools, and architectures. Cloud Computing, Second Edition presents up-to-date knowledge for every facet of cloud computing: from scoping projects through designing solutions, assessing providers to administering resources and managing cost. Renowned IT author Thomas Erl and enterprise cloud expert Eric Barcel?Monroy distill proven technologies and practices into well-defined concepts, models, mechanisms, and architectures. Each is explained in ways that align with modern industry usage, to help you clearly understand and assess your options. First, the authors show how cloud computing emerged and evolved, introducing core concepts, models, components, and security issues

Cloud computing is a modern technology which enables Internet based computing and provides on demand data to computers and other devices. Through this technology, any company or individual can access

This book provides readers with an overview of Cloud Computing, starting with historical background on mainframe computers and early networking protocols, leading to current concerns such as hardware

Written in a tutorial style, this comprehensive guide follows a structured approach explaining cloud techniques, models and platforms. Popular cloud services such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft Azure are explained in the text. The security risks and challenges of cloud computing are discussed in detail with useful examples. Emerging trends including mobile cloud computing and internet of things are discussed in the book for the benefit of the readers. Numerous review questions, multiple choice exercises and case studies facilitate enhanced understanding. This textbook is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students of computer science engineering, and information technology.

Clouds are distributed technology platforms that leverage sophisticated technology innovations to provide highly scalable and resilient environments that can be remotely utilized by organizations in a

Do you trust the Cloud? Should you trust the Cloud? 'Cloud Computing' are the words on everyone's lips - it's the latest technology, the way forward. But how safe is the Cloud? Is it reliable? How sec

Cloud computing is a buzz-word in today’s information technology (IT) that nobody can escape. But what is really behind it? There are many interpretations of this term, but no standardized or even uni