Handbook of Cloud Computing

Technologies and Systems.- Cloud Computing Fundamentals.- Cloud Computing Technologies and Applications.- Key Enabling Technologies for Virtual Private Clouds.- The Role of Networks in Cloud Computing.- Data-Intensive Technologies for Cloud Computing.- Survey of Storage and Fault Tolerance Strategies Used in Cloud Computing.- Scheduling Service Oriented Workflows Inside Clouds Using an Adaptive Agent Based Approach.- The Role of Grid Computing Technologies in Cloud Computing.- Cloudweaver: Adaptive and Data-Driven Workload Manager for Generic Clouds.- Architectures.- Enterprise Knowledge Clouds: Architecture and Technologies.- Integration of High-Performance Computing into Cloud Computing Services.- Vertical Load Distribution for Cloud Computing via Multiple Implementation Options.- SwinDeW-C: A Peer-to-Peer Based Cloud Workflow System.- Services.- Cloud Types and Services.- Service Scalability Over the Cloud.- Scientific Services on the Cloud.- A Novel Market-Oriented Dynamic Collaborative Cloud Service Platform.- Applications.- Enterprise Knowledge Clouds: Applications and Solutions.- Open Science in the Cloud: Towards a Universal Platform for Scientific and Statistical Computing.- Multidimensional Environmental Data Resource Brokering on Computational Grids and Scientific Clouds.- HPC on Competitive Cloud Resources.- Scientific Data Management in the Cloud: A Survey of Technologies, Approaches and Challenges.- Feasibility Study and Experience on Using Cloud Infrastructure and Platform for Scientific Computing.- A Cloud Computing Based Patient Centric Medical Information System.- Cloud@Home: A New Enhanced Computing Paradigm.- Using Hybrid Grid/Cloud Computing Technologies for Environmental Data Elastic Storage, Processing, and Provisioning. 

Borko Furht is a professor and chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. Before joining FAU, he was a vice president of research and a senior director of development at Modcomp (Ft. Lauderdale), a computer company of Daimler Benz, Germany, a professor at University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and a senior researcher in the Institute Boris Kidric-Vinca, Yugoslavia. Professor Furht received Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Belgrade. His current research is in multimedia systems, video coding and compression, 3D video and image systems, video databases, wireless multimedia, and Internet computing. He has been Principal Investigator and Co-PI of several multiyear, multimillion dollar projects - on Coastline Security Technologies, funded by the Department of Navy, One Pass to Production, funded by Motorola, NSF PIRE project on Global Living Laboratory for Cyber Infrastructure Application Enablement, and High-Performance Computing grant from NSF. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the areas of multimedia, computer architecture, real-time computing, and operating systems. He is a founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer). His latest books include "Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts" (Springer, 2009), Long Term Evolution: 3GPP LTE Radio and Cellular Technology" (CRC Press, 2009), "ncyclopedia of Wireless and Mobile Communications" (CRC Press, 2008), and "Handbook of Media Broadcasting" (CRC Press, 2008). He has received several technical and publishing awards, and has consulted for many high-tech companies including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, General Electric, JPL, NASA, Honeywell, and RCA, and has been an expert wetness for Cisco and Qualcomm. He has also served as a consultant to various colleges and universities. He has given many invited talks, keynote

From the reviews:

"Cloud computing affects all areas where computers and mobile clients are used, including industry, government, and science. This book offers a multitude of examples of this new way of handling data and computer resources--from basic research in the life sciences and physics to enterprise-level applications in industry. ... handbook is highly relevant and provides the reader with good information about the fundamentals of all aspects of cloud computing. After reading the book, readers will understand how much is already being done in the cloud." (Aake Edlund, ACM Computing Reviews, May, 2011)

From the reviews:

"Cloud computing affects all areas where computers and mobile clients are used, including industry, government, and science. This book offers a multitude of examples of this new way of handling data and computer resources--from basic research in the life sciences and physics to enterprise-level applications in industry. ... handbook is highly relevant and provides the reader with good information about the fundamentals of all aspects of cloud computing. After reading the book, readers will understand how much is already being done in the cloud." (Aake Edlund, ACM Computing Reviews, May, 2011)