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Cloud Computing
Theory and Practice

Provides the most important aspects of cloud computing as presented through real-world practical examples and clearly presented theory

Dan C. Marinescu (Author)

9780323852777, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 13 July 2022

672 pages
23.5 x 19 x 4.1 cm, 1.31 kg

Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, Third Edition provides students and IT professionals with an in-depth analysis of the cloud from the ground up. After an introduction to network-centric computing and network-centric content, the book reviews basic concepts of concurrency and parallel and distributed systems, presents critical components of the cloud ecosystem as cloud service providers, cloud access, cloud data storage, and cloud hardware and software, covers cloud applications and cloud security, and presents research topics in cloud computing.

Specific topics covered include resource virtualization, resource management and scheduling, and advanced topics like the impact of scale on efficiency, cloud scheduling subject to deadlines, alternative cloud architectures, and vehicular clouds. An included glossary covers terms grouped in several categories, from general to services, virtualization, desirable attributes and security.

1. Introduction 2. Concurrency - Basic Concepts 3. Parallel and Distributed Systems 4. Cloud Service Providers and the Cloud Ecosystem 5. Cloud Access 6. Cloud Data Storage 7. Cloud Hardware and Software 8. Cloud Applications 9. Challenges Posed by Big Data and Mobile Applications 10. Cloud Security 11. Cloud Resource Virtualization 12. Cloud Resource Management and Scheduling 13. Advanced Topics

Subject Areas: Computer architecture & logic design [UYF], Computer networking & communications [UT], Discrete mathematics [PBD], Information theory [GPF]

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