in computer science and information technology. The authors decided to work on an introductory textbook on this subject for the benefit of students and teachers. Some topics in this book are unique and based on published information which is both current and timely.
The key features of the book are as follows:
Discusses the evolution of cloud computing from grid computing, cluster computing, and distributed system.
Provides coverage of cloud computing environments and popular views of them.
Incorporates a survey of the virtualization environment and its latest developments.
Discusses live migration, database, auditing and applications as part of the materials related to cloud computing.
Provides concepts of cloud storage, cloud strategy planning and management, cloud security and privacy issues.
Explains complex concepts in a very simple manner.
Covers information appropriate for beginners as well as advanced users.
Presents information using layman’s terms and clear language.
Widely covers the latest topics.
Extensively uses analogies.
Souvik PalDac-Nhuong LePrasant Kumar PattnaikMarch 2022
Acknowledgments
First of all, we would like to thank all our colleagues and friends for sharing our happiness at the start of this project and following up with their encouragement when it seemed too difficult to complete. We are thankful to all the members of Scrivener Publishing, especially Martin Scrivener and Phillip Carmical, for giving us the opportunity to write this book.
Dr. Pal is grateful to his father, Prof. Bharat Kumar Pal, and mother, Smt. Tandra Pal, for their blessings and constant support. He is also grateful to his grandmother, the late Sakhi Rani Pal, and grandfater, the late Ajit Kumar Pal, for their affection and motivation. He is thankful to his beloved wife, Smita, and son, Binayak, for their love and encouragement.
Dr. Dac-Nhuong Le would like to acknowledge and thank the most important people in his life, his patents and his partner, for their support. This book has been a long-cherished dream which would not have been turned into reality without the support and love of these amazing people, who encouraged him with the right amount of time and attention. He is also grateful to his best friends for their blessings and unconditional love, patience and encouragement.
Prof. Pattnaik is grateful to his father, the late Ramanarayan Patnaik, his mother, Smt. Jayalakshimi Patnaik, his father-in-law, Er. Chittaranjan Mohanty, and mother-in-law, the late Renubala Mohanty, for their blessings. He is also thankful to his wife, Bismita, and daughter, Prasannakshi, for their love and support.
And above all, the God Almighty.
Souvik PalDac-Nhuong LePrasant Kumar Pattnaik
Acronyms
| 5G | The Next (5th) Generation |
| ACID | Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AIIOT | Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things |
| AKS | Azure Kubernetes Service |
| ALB | Adaptive Load Balancing |
| AMQP | Advanced Message Queuing Protocol |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| AS | Autonomous System |
| ATL | Atlas Transformation Language |
| AWS | Amazon Web Services |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BSM | Business Service Management |
| BSP | Business Service Provider |
| BSON | Binary JSON |
| CAA | Cloud Application Architecture |
| CAM | Content Addressable Memory |
| CAP | Consistency, Availability, and Partition |
| CapEx | Capital Expenditure |
| CC | Cluster Controller |
| CDP | Continuous Data Protection |
| CDS | Content Delivery Servers |
| CCE | Cloud Computing Environment |
| CERN | European Organization for Nuclear Research |
| CFI | Control Flow Integrity |
| CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
| CIS | Cloud Information Service |
| CLC | Cloud Controller |
| CMR | Customer Relationship Management |
| CODINE | Computing in Distributed Networked Environments |
| COI | Community of Interest |
| CPA |
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