Key Features Focuses on the platforms and technologies essential to Cloud Computing like Google AppEngine, Microsoft Azure, and Manjrasoft Aneka Covers all important topics like Introduction to Cloud Computing, Clou Architecture, Cloud Applications, Programming of Clouds, and Cloud Platforms Detailed coverage to Software As A Service (SaaS), Platform As A Service (PaaS) Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Server And Desktop Virtualization" About the Book: Mastering Cloud Computing ""Authored by veterans in the subject field, this new textbookon Cloud Computingexplores the most critical cloud components andcovers all crucial aspects of the subjectlike Parallel andDistributed Computing, Virtualization, Cloud ComputingArchitecture,Cloud Platforms in Industry, and its Applications.With its student- accessible vocabularyand writing style, the bookwill surely prove to be an excellent and enjoyable read! Content "Chapter 1-Introduction Chapter 2-Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing Chapter 3-Virtualization Chapter 4-Cloud Computing Architecture Chapter 5-Aneka: Cloud Application Platform Chapter 6-Concurrent Computing: Thread Programming Chapter 7-High-Throughput Computing: Task Programming Chapter 8-Data Intensive Computing: Map-Reduce Programming Chapter 9-Cloud Platforms in Industry Chapter 10-Cloud Applications Chapter 11 -Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing" About the Author: Christian Vecchiola, Rajkumar Buyya, S Thamarai Selvi "Rajkumar Buyya, Director, Cloud Computing and DistributedSystems Lab, The University of Melbourne Christian Vecchiola, Research Scientist and SE, IBM ResearchAustralia and Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Computing andInformation Systems, The University of Melbourne S.Thamarai Selvi, Dean, Madras Institute of Technology, AnnaUniversity, Chennai"