Concepts of Cloud Computing Essentials

Cloud computing has created a shift from the use of physical hardware and locally managed software-enabled platforms to that of virtualized cloud-hosted services. As Cloud continues to revolutionize applications in academia, industry, government, and many other fields, the transition to this efficient and flexible platform presents serious theoretical and practical challenges that will often require new approaches and practices in all areas. Comprehensive and timely, Concepts Of Cloud Computing Essentials summarizes progress in state-of-the-art research and offers step-by-step instruction on how to implement it.