Cloud Computing

Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-3-319-10529-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 729 g

Reihe: Computer Communications and Networks

This book reviews the challenging issues that present barriers to greater implementation of the cloud computing paradigm, together with the latest research into developing potential solutions. Topics and features: presents a focus on the most important issues and limitations of cloud computing, covering cloud security and architecture, QoS and SLAs; discusses a methodology for cloud security management, and proposes a framework for secure data storage and identity management in the cloud; introduces a simulation tool for energy-aware cloud environments, and an efficient congestion control system for data center networks; examines the issues of energy-aware VM consolidation in the IaaS provision, and software-defined networking for cloud related applications; reviews current trends and suggests future developments in virtualization, cloud security, QoS data warehouses, cloud federation approaches, and DBaaS provision; predicts how the next generation of utility computing infrastructures will be designed.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mahmood, Zaigham

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Cloud-Computing, Grid-Computing
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Limitations and Challenges of Cloud Environments.- Attacks in Public Clouds.- Distributed Database Management Systems.- Quality of Service and Service Level Agreements for Cloud Environments.- Part II: Current Developments and R&D Solutions.- A Methodology for Cloud Security Risk Management.- SecDSIM.- CloudReports.- Cloud Computing: Efficient Congestion Control in Data Center Networks.- Energy-Aware Virtual Machine Consolidation in IaaS Cloud Computing.- Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for Cloud Applications.- Part III: Advances in Cloud Technologies and Future Trends.- Virtualization and Cloud Security.- Quality-of-Service Data Warehouse for the Selection of Cloud Services.- Characterizing Cloud Federation Approaches.- Security Aspects of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) in Cloud Computing.- Beyond the Clouds: How Should Next Generation Utility Computing Infrastructures Be Designed?

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Zaigham Mahmood is an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK; Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education, UK; Professor Extraordinaire at North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; and Foreign Professor at NUST Islamabad, Pakistan. His other publications include the successful Springer books Continued Rise of the Cloud: Advances and Trends in Cloud Computing , Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches , Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures , and Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm .