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Guide to Cloud Computing

SPRINGER
11 / 2012
9781447146025
978-14-4714-602-5
Inglês
Computer Communications and Networks
Ingles

Sinopse

This book describes the landscape of cloud computing from first principles, leading the reader step-by-step through the process of building and configuring a cloud environment. The book not only considers the technologies for designing and creating cloud computing platforms, but also the business models and frameworks in real-world implementation of cloud platforms. Emphasis is placed on ?learning by doing,? and readers are encouraged to experiment with a range of different tools and approaches.nbsp;Topics and features: includes review questions, hands-on exercises, study activities and discussion topics throughout the text; demonstrates the approaches used to build cloud computing infrastructures; reviews the social, economic, and political aspects of the on-going growth in cloud computing use; discusses legal and security concerns in cloud computing; examines techniques for the appraisal of financial investment into cloud computing; identifies areas for further research within this rapidly-moving field.