Marinescu D.C. Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice

3rd ed. — Morgan Kaufmann, 2022. — 662 p. — ISBN 0323852777.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.Preface to third edition.
Abbreviations.
Introduction.
The cloud ecosystem.
Parallel processing and distributed computing.
Cloud hardware and software.
Cloud resource virtualization.
Cloud access and cloud interconnection networks.
Cloud data storage.
Cloud security.
Cloud resource management and scheduling.
Concurrency and cloud computing.
Cloud applications.
Big Data, data streaming, and the mobile cloud.
Emerging clouds.
APP. A Cloud projects.
APP. B Cloud application development.
Literature.
Glossary.
Index.True PDF