Cloud Computing

Naresh K. Sehgal has been working at Intel since 1988, prior to that completed his B.E. from Punjab Engineering College (India), M.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University (New York). Naresh has taught a Cloud Computing class at Santa Clara University (California), where he also earned a MBA. Pramod Chandra (PCP) Bhatt started his teaching career in 1965 at IIT Kanpur, and then moved to IIT Delhi in 1969, and retired from IIT Delhi in 1996. Prof Bhatt also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, McGill University, Montreal (Canada), Universities of Dortmund, Paderborn and Bochum (Germany), Kochi University of Technology (Japan), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) at Bangalore. Professor Bhatt has a M.E. from Calcutta University and a PhD from IIT Kanpur. He has also been a Konrad Zuse Fellow at the University of Dortmund.

Introduction.- Foundations of Cloud Computing.- Cloud Computing Pyramid.- Features of Private and Public Clouds.- Cloud Workload Characterization.- Cloud Management and Monitoring.- Cloud Computing and Information Security.- Migrating to Cloud.- Migrating a Complex Industry to Cloud.- Cost and Billing practices in Cloud.- Analytics in the Cloud.- Future Trends in Cloud Computing.- A Quick Test of Your Cloud fundamentals Grasp.- Hands-on project to use Cloud Service Provider.- Appendix A: Points to Ponder.- Appendix B: Additional Considerations for Cloud Computing.- Appendix C: Suggested List of Additional Cloud Projects.Appendix A: Points to Ponder.- Appendix B: Additional Considerations for Cloud Computing.- Appendix C: Suggested List of Additional Cloud Projects.Appendix A: Points to Ponder.- Appendix B: Additional Considerations for Cloud Computing.- Appendix C: Suggested List of Additional Cloud Projects.Appendix A: Points to Ponder.- Appendix B: Additional Considerations for Cloud Computing.- Appendix C: Suggested List of Additional Cloud Projects.Appendix A: Points to Ponder.- Appendix B: Additional Considerations for Cloud Computing.- Appendix C: Suggested List of Additional Cloud Projects.

"This book is intended as a textbook for computer science and information technology students and MBA students of technology-based management. ... Courses in cloud computing, as well as most libraries, will no doubt find this text a valuable resource. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." (R. Bharath, Choice, Vol. 56 (2), October, 2018)