Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing: An Overview

Abhishek Kalapatapu and Mahasweta Sarkar

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

CONTENTS

1.1    Introduction

1.2    Cloud Computing: Past, Present, and Future

1.3    Cloud Computing Methodologies

1.4    The Cloud Architecture and Cloud Deployment Techniques

1.5    Cloud Services

1.6    Cloud Applications

1.7    Issues with Cloud Computing

1.8    Cloud Computing and Grid Computing: A Comparative Study

1.9    Conclusion

1.1    Introduction

Cloud computing, with the revolutionary promise of turning computing into a 5th utility, after water, electricity, gas, and telephony, has the potential to transform the face of Information Technology (IT), especially the aspects of service-rendition and service ...