Mastering Cloud Computing

Foundations and Applications Programming
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-40435-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Mastering Cloud Computing: Foundations and Applications Programming, Second Edition serves as a comprehensive introduction for readers seeking to develop applications in the ever-evolving world of cloud computing. As technology advances, applications are no longer confined to a single machine but instead operate from virtual servers, accessible globally at any time. This book equips aspiring developers with the essential tools and knowledge to create effective cloud-based applications. Beyond the foundational principles, the book delves into distributed and parallel computing, providing in-depth coverage of virtualization, thread programming, task programming, and map-reduce techniques.

It also addresses the development of applications for various cloud architectures, highlighting industrial platforms and critical security considerations. To reinforce learning, the text integrates real-world case studies, practical examples, hands-on exercises, and lab activities throughout, allowing readers to apply concepts directly and build their expertise effectively.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buyya, Rajkumar

Vecchiola, Christian

Selvi, S.Thamarai

Poojara, Shivananda

Srirama, Satish Narayana

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Cloud-Computing, Grid-Computing

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Foundations
1. Introduction
2. Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing
3. Virtualization
4. Cloud Computing Architecture

Part 2: Cloud Application Programming and the Aneka Platform

5. Aneka: Cloud Application Platform
6. Concurrent Computing: Thread Programming
7. High-Throughput Computing: Task Programming
8. Data-Intensive Computing: MapReduce Programming

Part 3: Industrial Platforms and New Developments
9. Cloud Platforms in Industry
10. Cloud Applications
11. Internet of Things and Edge/Fog Computing
12. Cloud Computing Security
13. Containers and Serverless Computing
14. Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing

Über Autor(innen)

Selvi, S.Thamarai
Dr. S Thamarai Selvi has served as Professor and Dean of Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) at Anna University, Chennai, India; and Principal Investigator of the Centre for Advance Computing Research and Education (CARE) supported by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of the Government of India. She has authored over 150 publications and four textbooks including Object Oriented Programming with Java published by Tata McGraw Hill, India, 2009.

Srirama, Satish Narayana
Satish Narayana Srirama is a Professor at the School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. He is also a Visiting Professor and the honorary head of the Mobile & Cloud Lab at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia, which he led as a Research Professor until June 2020. He received his PhD in computer science from RWTH Aachen University, Germany in 2008. His current research focuses on cloud computing, mobile web services, mobile cloud, Internet of Things, fog computing, migrating scientific computing and enterprise applications to the cloud and large-scale data analytics on the cloud. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an Editor of Wiley Software: Practice and Experience, a 54 year old Journal, was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions in Cloud Computing and a program committee member of several international conferences and workshops. Dr. Srirama has co-authored over 200 refereed scientific publications in international conferences and journals. He is also a co-author Mastering of Cloud Computing from Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann and several other book chapters. In addition, Dr. Srirama has co-edited 3 reference books.

Poojara, Shivananda
Shivananda Poojara is a Junior Research Fellow and Doctoral Candidate at the Mobile and Cloud Computing Laboratory, University of Tartu, Estonia. His research interests are serverless computing, edge analytics, fog, and cloud computing. He is a member of IEEE, IET, and ISTE. He has a decade of teaching experience and worked as an intern at Nokia R&D Labs in 2013. In 2014, he was honoured with the Infosys Distinguished Facilitator Award. He has conducted numerous workshops and technical seminars on Aneka cloud programming in India and abroad.

Vecchiola, Christian
Christian Vecchiola is a research member at the IBM Research Lab Australia, located in Melbourne and Research Fellow at the School of Engineering, at the University of Melbourne. His areas of interest include technologies and infrastructures for a smarter planet, disaster management and resilience, cloud computing, and software engineering.