Cloud Data Centers and Cost Modeling

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, we are grateful to all the researchers, industrial developers, and organizations worldwide for their contributions to the various concepts and technologies discussed in the book. Special thanks to all of our colleagues at Telstra and the CLOUDS (Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems) Lab at the University of Melbourne who have influenced our experience.

We thank all of our colleagues at the University of Melbourne, especially Professors Rao Kotagiri, Iven Mareels, and Glyn Davis for their mentorship and positive support for our research and knowledge transfer efforts.

We thank the members of the CLOUDS Lab for proofreading one or more chapters. They include Rodrigo Calheiros, Nikolay Grozev, Amir Vahid, ...