Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing (eBook)

San Murugesan is editor-in-chief of IT Professional, director of BRITE Professional Services, and adjunct professor at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is a corporate trainer, a consultant, and an author. He is a former senior research fellow of the US National Research Council at NASA Ames Research Center, California, and served in various positions at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore. His expertise and interests span a range of areas: cloud computing, green IT, IT for emerging regions, Internet of Things (IoT), smart systems, and mobile applications. He is a co-editor of Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices (Wiley and IEEE Computer Society, 2012), Understanding and Implementing Green IT (IEEE Computer Society, 2011) and Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications (Information Science Reference, 2009). He serves as editor of Computer and edits and contributes to its "cloud cover" department. He also serves as associate editor of IEEE Transaction on Cloud Computing. He is standing chair of the new COMPSAC Symposium on IT in Practice (ITiP). Dr. Murugesan is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Fellow of IETE, and a senior member of the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS). For further information, visit his web site at www.bitly.com/sanprofile Irena Bojanova, PhD, is a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She managed academic programs at Johns Hopkins University and PIsoft Ltd., and co-started OBS Ltd. (now CSC Bulgaria). She received her PhD in computer science / mathematics from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and her MS and BS degrees in mathematics from Sofia University, Bulgaria. Dr. Bojanova is the founding chair of IEEE CS Cloud Computing Special Technical Community, and acting editor-in-chief of IEEE Transaction on Cloud Computing. She is also a co-chair of the IEEE Reliability Society IoT Technical Committee, and a founding member of the IEEE Technical Sub-Committee on Big Data. She is an associate editor-in-chief and the editor of the Trends Department of IT Professional and an associate editor of the International Journal of Big Data Intelligence (IJBDI). She has served as general co-chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2015) and general chair of the IEEE IT Professional Conference 2014. She writes cloud and IoT blogs for the IEEE CS's Computing Now (www.computer.org, accessed November 22, 2015). Dr. Bojanova is a senior member of IEEE CS and can be reached at irena.bojanova@computer.org.

"We are witnessing many advances in the field of Cloud Computing and allied technologies. These advances are due to the many developments in algorithmics and theory, hardware and systems, networking, and high performance computing, to name a few. The Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing showcases some of the most important topics in the field today. The editors have managed to assemble a solid and well selected group of entries from active researchers in the field. I believe that the Encyclopedia is a great addition to the literature. It will serve as a valuable source of reference material of up-to-date research in this continuously evolving field and it will be well received by researchers and practitioner."
--Albert Zomaya, Chair Professor of High Performance Computing & Networking, Sydney University, Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing

"This is a remarkable book and its editors, San Murugesan and Irena Bojanova, should be particularly proud of their accomplishment: they have been able to bring under the same title many of the most recognized names in the field of Cloud Computing and provide the readers with a broad, yet deep view of the field of Cloud Computing which offers both advanced research results and tutorial elements. This massive work is sure to attract academic and industrial researchers as well practitioners in the domain."
--Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Professor, University of California, Irvine, 2017 IEEE Computer Society President

"This Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing is quite an impressive book as it contains many nuggets of knowledge for the domain of Cloud Computing. It offers its readers a 360 degrees view for this domain and I recommend it to students as well as industrial and business readers."
--Schahram Dustdar, Professor of Computer Science, TU Wien, Austria; IEEE Fellow

"This book is a well-organized reference for cloud computing communities, which summaries all cloud computing aspects, including methodologies, patterns, architectures, system implementations, and applicants. This is the best and most comprehensive book on cloud computing I have read. I would like to forward my thanks to the authors, Professor San Murugesan and Professor Irena Bojanova, who have taken such a great effort to bring out the Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing."
--Lizhe Wang, "ChuTian" Chair Professor and Fellow, British Computer Society and IET School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, China

"As name suggests, this book is truly an encyclopedia for cloud computing, with comprehensive coverage of a range of topics from mobile clouds, application platforms, elasticity, legal and economics of cloud services delivery to application engineering. I strongly recommend the book for researchers, educators, and practitioners."
--Rajkumar Buyya, Director, Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Lab, The University of Melbourne, Australia

"This is a remarkable book. It can be read selectively (certain parts or chapters) or from cover to cover. It offers readers a comprehensive and detailed view of cloud computing, covering horizontal technologies as well as vertical solutions and applications delivered in the cloud. It meets current needs and I strongly recommend it to technical and business people alike. It will also have lasting practical and historical value, covering the foundations of cloud computing for generations to come."
--Dejan S. Milojicic, Senior Researcher and Manager, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, USA; IEEE Computer Society President, 2014