Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice 3rd Edition

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,