In the era of the Internet of Things and with the explosive worldwide growth of electronic data volume, and associated need of processing, analysis, and storage of such a humongous amount of data, it has now become mandatory to exploit the power of massively parallel architecture for fast computation. Cloud computing provides a cheap source of such a computing framework for a large volume of data for real-time applications. It is, therefore, not surprising to see that cloud computing has become a buzzword in the computing fraternity over the last decade. Applications of Cloud Computing: Approaches and Practices lays a good foundation for the core concepts and principles of cloud computing applications, walking the reader through the fundamental ideas with expert ease. The book progresses on the topics in a step-by-step manner. It reinforces theory with a full-fledged pedagogy designed to enhance students' understanding and offer them a practical insight into the applications of it. It is a valuable source of knowledge for researchers, engineers, practitioners, and graduate and doctoral students working in the field of cloud computing. It will also be useful for faculty members of graduate schools and universities.

Many professional fields have been affected by the rapid growth of technology and information. Included in this are the business and management markets as the implementation of e-commerce and cloud computing have caused enterprises to make considerable changes to their practices. With the swift advancement of this technology, professionals need proper research that provides solutions to the various issues that come with data integration and shifting to a technology-driven environment. Cloud Computing Applications and Techniques for E-Commerce is an essential reference source that discusses the implementation of data and cloud technology within the fields of business and information management. Featuring research on topics such as content delivery networks, virtualization, and software resources, this book is ideally designed for managers, educators, administrators, researchers, computer scientists, business practitioners, economists, information analysists, sociologists, and students seeking coverage on the recent advancements of e-commerce using cloud computing techniques.

The first textbook to teach students how to build data analytic solutions on large data sets using cloud-based technologies. This is the first textbook to teach students how to build data analytic solutions on large data sets (specifically in Internet of Things applications) using cloud-based technologies for data storage, transmission and mashup, and AI techniques to analyze this data. This textbook is designed to train college students to master modern cloud computing systems in operating principles, architecture design, machine learning algorithms, programming models and software tools for big data mining, analytics, and cognitive applications. The book will be suitable for use in one-semester computer science or electrical engineering courses on cloud computing, machine learning, cloud programming, cognitive computing, or big data science. The book will also be very useful as a reference for professionals who want to work in cloud computing and data science. Cloud and Cognitive Computing begins with two introductory chapters on fundamentals of cloud computing, data science, and adaptive computing that lay the foundation for the rest of the book. Subsequent chapters cover topics including cloud architecture, mashup services, virtual machines, Docker containers, mobile clouds, IoT and AI, inter-cloud mashups, and cloud performance and benchmarks, with a focus on Google's Brain Project, DeepMind, and X-Lab programs, IBKai HwangM SyNapse, Bluemix programs, cognitive initiatives, and neurocomputers. The book then covers machine learning algorithms and cloud programming software tools and application development, applying the tools in machine learning, social media, deep learning, and cognitive applications. All cloud systems are illustrated with big data and cognitive application examples.

: Cloud computing allows users to access shared computing resources over the internet on-demand, with three main service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides virtualized resources, PaaS provides a platform for application development, and SaaS offers third-party software applications. While offering benefits like scalability, flexibility, cost savings, and increased productivity, challenges like security and data privacy remain. This book gives overview of cloud computing concepts in all aspects.

"This reference presents a vital compendium of research detailing the latest case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research on Grid and Cloud Computing"--

Get the domain knowledge you need to develop real-world business apps for and in the cloud. You’ll see how Oracle APEX has made the life of web developers much easier and how it helps you create web-based data-centric applications easily and instantly without writing screeds of code. In Cloud Computing Using Oracle Application Express, you will develop a complete general ledger accounting system named the Cloud Accountant which will be accessible through a variety of devices including desktops, laptops, and the latest smartphones. This new edition also incorporates the new application page creation process, which differs from the previous version. You’ll cover other new areas, such as the updated UI elements and properties, and the interactive grid. Besides the development of a full application that you can deploy in your organization, the book teaches many new techniques to further enhance your APEX development skills. What You Will Learn Discover new development techniques for APEX developers Develop cloud-based ERP applications Build a cloud-based application on Oracle APEX Integrate the free JasperReports server and report designing tool with Oracle APEX Who This Book Is For Web developers who possess some working knowledge of Oracle Application Express, and developers who have been using Oracle Forms and now wish to use their existing SQL and PL/SQL expertise.

Cloud computing-accessing computing resources over the Internet-is rapidly changing the landscape of information technology. Its primary benefits compared to on-premise computing models are reduced costs and increased agility and scalability. Hence, cloud computing is receiving considerable interest among several stakeholders-businesses, the IT ind

Resource-intensive Mobile Application (RMA) execution is inhibited by mobile de- vice constrained resources, particularly CPU, RAM, storage, and battery. However, Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) as the state-of-the-art mobile computing paradigm is aiming to augment computing capabilities of mobile devices, mitigate their resource-deficiency, and realize efficient execution of RMA. MCC solutions dominantly perform remote execution of resource-intensive RMAs’ components using resources-rich Distant Immobile Cloud (DIC), particularly public cloud. Although DICs feature high availability and elastic scalability, they are characterized by high communication latency and lack of mobility. Therefore, performance gains of mobile augmentation using DIC are mitigated and RMA execution efficiency is remarkably degraded. In this study, we aim to achieve efficient execution of RMAs by proposing a lightweight MCC framework. We verify the problem significance by analyzing time and energy overheads of exploiting DICs for augmenting resource-constraint mobile devices.

Blockchain technology provides strong encryption to record and store the data on the network in a more secure and reliable way. It makes the information transparent and tamper-proof. Cloud Computing is expected to help various communication companies boost their network security and reduce their operational costs.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication gives readers a broad understanding of IBM BluemixTM cloud application development platform capabilities. Providing a platform as a service (PaaS) environment as one of its run times, along with containers and virtual machines, Bluemix uses the Cloud Foundry project as one of its open source technologies to accelerate new application development and DevOps methods. It provides optimized and flexible workloads, enables continuous availability, and simplifies delivery and manageability of an application by providing prebuilt services and hosting capabilities. The paper reviews the Bluemix architecture, explains how it works, describes key concepts and components, and provides an overview of Bluemix security. It also covers the various Bluemix service categories and the services within each category. This information will help anyone who is interested in exploring the potential and capabilities of Bluemix and its services.