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Bookstores offer numerous choices of books on Cloud Computing; however, most of these books are intricate and complex to grasp. So, what are your chances of picking up the right one? If this question has been troubling you, feel relaxed now! This book, Cloud Computing, is a one-time reference book that covers all aspects of cloud computing in an easy-to-understand approach. It covers a variety of topics, such as cloud computing and its comparison with peer-to-peer, client-server, and grid computing; virtualization and its levels; cloud computing services, such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and DBaaS; cloud computing and its business values; myths and truths about cloud computing; cloud types and models, such as private, community, hybrid, and public; opensource eucalyptus and OpenStack cloud application architecture; cloud deployment techniques; recent trends in cloud computing and standards; host security in cloud for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS; data security in cloud; application architecture for cloud; cloud programming support for Google App engine and Amazon EC2; adoption and use of cloud by small and medium businesses as well as enterprises; migrating applications to the cloud; IT service management for cloud computing; SLAs with cloud service providers; risks, consequences, and costs of cloud computing; AAA administration for clouds; regulatory and compliance requirements for clouds; security as a service; cloud certifications and audits; application development for cloud; application security in a cloud; future of cloud computing; mobile cloud computing and much more. The book explores all these concepts with appropriate examples and case studies—no doubt, every aspect of the book is worth its price.
“Kailash Jayaswal is the Vice President of Technical Services and IT Advisor at Choice Solutions, Ltd. He has completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, New Delhi and M. Tech. from the University of Massachusetts. He has more than 24 years of experience at technical and management levels in various companies such as IBM, Cisco Systems, Roche Bioscience, Siebel (now Oracle), Yahoo, and Caterpillar. He has also provided training to various technical support groups in HP-UX, AIX and Solaris. He has been involved in implementation of several large-scale server and storage consolidations, server virtualization and disaster recovery projects. He is the author of a leading book titled “”””Administering Datacenters: Servers, Storage and Voice over IP”””” published in 2005 by John Wiley and Sons, New York. His other published works include articles on Sun Systems Management and Web Administration. He has also been actively involved in teaching courses on IT Deployments to industry professionals and IT application to Undergraduate Engineering Classes at the University of Massachusetts. He has written on IT Products and taught them to Systems Administrators and Sales Engineers at IBM, Cisco and Yahoo.
Jagannath Kallakurchi is one of the founders and CEO & Managing Director of Choice Solutions Ltd. He has completed his B. Tech and M.Tech. from IIT, Roorkee. He has 25 years of extensive IT experience and possesses a rare combination of strong technical and management skills along with an eye to meet clients’ needs. He had been instrumental in establishing a highly-talented server, storage and network consulting division within Choice Solutions Ltd. He has single-handedly led the company in setting up large-scale IT deployment projects for varied clients, such as Barclays, IIIT, Ministry of Defence, Lanco and State Bank of India.
Donald J. Houde is currently serving as the Vice President of Client Implementation Services and Executive Consultant at Choice Solutions, Inc. As a corporate and IT executive, Donald Houde has enjoyed more than 25 years of C-level leadership, IT managerial and solution architecture experience. He has specialized in Applied Physics, Business Operations Financial Management, Real Estate Law, and Information Technology. He is a highly requested advisor on information security, privacy, and confidentiality best practices, as well as a frequent and acclaimed public speaker on education, technology, security, organizational, and leadership topics. ”