Cloud Computing and Beyond: A Managerial Perspective, 2/e

Download or read book Cloud Computing and Beyond: A Managerial Perspective, 2/e written by Sanjiva Shankar Dubey and published by I K International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloud computing is rage these days. "It's become the phrase du jour," says Gartner, senior analyst, Ben Pring. This book attempts to unravel the mystery behind this buzzword. The primary objective is to provide the introduction to the current practices of Cloud Computing, also known as the Internet as a platform. This book takes a cross-disciplinary approach covering topics in business, computer science, and information systems. Mainly focusing on cloud computing models, techniques, and architectures, this book provides knowledge and hands-on experience in designing and implementing cloud-based software systems. Topics included are advanced web technologies (AJAX and Mashup), distributed computing models and technologies (Hadoop and MapReduce), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), virtualization, parallelization, security/privacy, and other issues in cloud computing. This book also explores the current challenges facing cloud computing. This book has deep theoretical foundations of Cloud Computing and associated topics and case studies. Cloud Computing is one of the upcoming and sought after subjects in most IT companies. This subject will be useful to all professionals and B. Tech, MCA, M. Tech and MBA students. This edition has two new chapters which are most topical for current cloud implementation, namely: • Green Cloud Computing • Cloud Data Security Management