内容简介
"MovingtotheCloud"providesanin-depthintroductiontocloudcomputingmodels,cloudplatforms,applicationdevelopmentparadigms,conceptsandtechnologies.Theauthorsparticularlyexaminecloudplatformsthatareinusetoday.TheyalsodescribeprogrammingAPIsandcomparethetechnologiesthatunderliethem.Thebasicfoundationsneededfordevelopingbothclient-sideandcloud-sideapplicationscoveringcompute/storagescaling,dataparallelism,virtualization,MapReduce,RIA,SaaSandMashupsarecovered.Approachestoaddresskeychallengesofacloudinfrastructure,suchasscalability,availability,multi-tenancy,securityandmanagementareaddressed.Thebookalsolaysoutthekeyopenissuesandemergingcloudstandardsthatwilldrivethecontinuingevolutionofcloudcomputing.ItincludescomplexcasestudiesofcloudsolutionsbycloudexpertsfromYahoo!,Amazon,Microsoft,IBM,AdobeandHPLabs.Itpresentsinsightsandtechniquesforcreatingcompellingrichclientapplicationsthatinteractwithcloudservices.ItdemonstratesanddistinguishesfeaturesofdifferentcloudplatformsusingsimpletocomplexAPIprogrammingexamples.
作者简介
Dr.DinkarSitaramisaChiefTechnologistatHewlettPackard,SystemsTechnologyandSoftwareDivision,Bangalore,India.Heisresponsiblefornewproductandtechnologydevelopmentwithafocusonstoragesystems,self-healingandautomatedmanagement.Dr.SitaramisalsoresponsibleforUniversityRelations,andInnovationactivitiesatHP.HeearnedthePhDinComputerSciencefromUniversityofWisconsin,Madison;hisR&DeffortshaveresultedinoveradozengrantedUSpatents.Heisco-authorofMultimediaServers:Applications,EnvironmentsandDesign.MorganKaufmann,2000.GeethaManjunathisaSeniorResearchScientistandMasterTechnologistatHewlettPackardLabs,Bangalore,India.HerresearchinterestsareinCloudComputing,DataMiningandSemanticWeb.Sheiscurrentlyleadingaresearchprojectonnovelcloudservicesforsimplifyingwebaccess.ShehasanM.EinComputerSciencefromtheIndianInstituteofScience,Bangaloreandher20-yearresearchcareerinindustryhasledtomultipleUSpatentsandinternationalconferencepapers.