Guide to Cloud Computing Principles and Practice /

• Main Authors: Hill, Richard. (Author), Hirsch, Laurie. (Author), Lake, Peter. (Author), Moshiri, Siavash. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer network architectures.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Computer Science.; Computer System Implementation.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Data Structures.; Programming Techniques.; Data Storage Representation.; Data Encryption.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4603-2

Cloud computing platforms can allow organizations to become more efficient and more responsive to users of both internal and external systems, yet a clear understanding is needed in order to separate the facts from the hype behind this new and rapidly expanding area. This Guide to Cloud Computing de...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Cloud Computing Fundamentals
• Introduction to Cloud Computing
• Business Adoption Models and Legal Aspects of the Cloud
• Social, Economic and Political Aspects of the Cloud
• Part II: Technological Context
• Cloud Technology
• Cloud Services
• Data in the Cloud
• Cloud and Web Intelligence
• Part III: Business Context
• Investment Appraisal
• Enterprise Cloud Computing
• Security and Governance
• Cloud Roadmap
• Challenges and the Future.