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Intended for experienced programmers, IT stake holders and system architects, this volume on cloud computing technologies showcases the state of the art through an exploration of major distributive computing technologies available today, and examines new methodologies and paradigms for programming for the future of the cloud. Topics discussed include infrastructure, platform, and software as services, challenges for cloud application programming, security in the cloud, remote IT management, and emerging technologies and new trends in distributed computing. Chapters cover both theoretical and specific technical topics and applications, and numerous illustrations and code examples are provided. Sitaram is a technologist for Hewlett-Packard's Systems Technology and Software Division, and Manjunath is a researcher for Hewlett-Packard, Bangalore. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Moving to the Cloud provides an in-depth introduction to cloud computing models, cloud platforms, application development paradigms, concepts and technologies. The authors particularly examine cloud platforms that are in use today. They also describe programming APIs and compare the technologies that underlie them. The basic foundations needed for developing both client-side and cloud-side applications covering compute/storage scaling, data parallelism, virtualization, MapReduce, RIA, SaaS and Mashups are covered. Approaches to address key challenges of a cloud infrastructure, such as scalability, availability, multi-tenancy, security and management are addressed. The book also lays out the key open issues and emerging cloud standards that will drive the continuing evolution of cloud computing.Includes complex case studies of cloud solutions by cloud experts from Yahoo! , Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and HP LabsPresents insights and techniques for creating compelling rich client applications that interact with cloud servicesDemonstrates and distinguishes features of different cloud platforms using simple to complex API programming examples
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