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Grid and Cloud Computing: A Business Perspective on Technology and Applications

By Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva , Thomas Wozniak (auth.) , Thomas Wozniak , Santi Ristol (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
3642051928, 978-3-642-05192-0, 978-3-642-05193-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-05193-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7211721 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
274\273
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34
Business Information Systems; Technology Managemen

Description

In today’s dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. They enable increased scalability and more efficient use of IT based on virtualization of heterogeneous and distributed IT resources. This book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Grids and Clouds and of how companies can benefit from them. A wide array of topics is covered, e.g. business models and legal aspects. The applicability of Grids and Clouds in companies is illustrated with four cases of real business experiments. The experiments illustrate the technical solutions and the organizational and IT governance challenges that arise with the introduction of Grids and Clouds. Practical guidelines on how to successfully introduce Grids and Clouds in companies are provided.

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