Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice

by Dan C. Marinescu

Cloud 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.

672 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Sumit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some concepts tough to understand for beginners.

[WiseB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive knowledge on cloud computing ... from ecosystem, providers to practical detailed description relating to this domain covering concurrency; parallel vs distributed; access & interconnection; storage; resource management; virtualization; security; applications & development and cloud Big Data etc.

[Alexander Salimonov · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book describes fundamentals of computing theory and real world issues and solutions which are very important for large scale infrastructures. Here is you can find enough information how CPU works, how is designed motherboard for a server, what is matter for large distributed application. Everybody should read it who works on distributed data processing applications or computation services.

[Antonio Sacin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very technical and low level. Definitely not an intro to the topic.