Big Data

Acknowledgments

We thank all the contributing authors for their time, effort, and dedication during the preparation of this book.

Raj would like to thank his family members, especially his wife, Smrithi, and daughters, Soumya and Radha Buyya, for their love, understanding, and support during the preparation of this book. Rodrigo would like to thank his wife, Kimie, his son, Roger, and his daughter, Laura. Amir would like to thank his wife, Elly, and daughter, Diana.

Finally, we would like to thank the staff at Morgan Kauffman, particularly, Amy Invernizzi, Brian Romer, Punitha Govindaradjane, and Todd Green for managing the publication in record time.

Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne and Manjrasoft Pty Ltd, Australia

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