Cloud Database Development and Management

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Preface

Today’s e-commerce depends on various types of databases used to store and manage business

information. In the e-commerce environment, users across the world should be able to access the

databases from anywhere and at anytime through the Internet. A large number of IT infrastruc-

tures have been developed to support e-commerce. Developing and maintaining IT infrastruc-

tures can be difficult and expensive, especially for small companies. As a solution for supporting

business activities in e-commerce, the cloud computing platform has been adopted by many com-

panies. Internet-based databases and their applications can particularly benefit ...