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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808818203321

Autore

Rittinghouse John W.

Titolo

Cloud computing : implementation, management, and security / / John W. Rittinghouse, James F. Ransome

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-351-61536-X

1-315-11021-0

1-282-29366-4

9786612293665

1-4398-0681-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RansomeJames F

Disciplina

004.36

006.7/8

Soggetti

Web services

Cloud computing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Evolution of Cloud Computing; Chapter 2: Web Services Delivered from the Cloud; Chapter 3: Building Cloud Networks; Chapter 4: Virtualization Practicum; Chapter 5: Federation, Presence, Identity, and Privacy in the Cloud; Chapter 6: Security in the Cloud; Chapter 7: Common Standards in Cloud Computing; Chapter 8: End-User Access to Cloud Computing; Chapter 9: Mobile Internet Devices and the Cloud; Appendix A: Virtualization Practicum (Linux); Appendix B: Executive Scenario for Cloud Migration; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security provides an understanding of what cloud computing really means, explores how disruptive it may become in the future, and examines its advantages and disadvantages. It gives business executives the knowledge necessary to make informed, educated decisions regarding cloud initiatives.The authors first discuss the evolution of computing from a historical perspective, focusing primarily on advances that led to the development of cloud computing. They then survey some of the critical



components that are necessary to make the cloud computing p