This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2012. The 15 papers were selected from 145 submissions and are presented together with one invited paper. The papers cover the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals, services science foundation for cloud computing, cloud computing platforms and applications, and cloud computing enabling technology.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2013, held in Aachen, Germany, in May 2013. The 8 papers presented were selected from 142 paper submissions. The papers cover the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals; services science foundations for cloud computing; cloud computing platforms and applications; and cloud computing enabling technologies.

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2019, held in Heraklion, Greece, in May 2019.The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 102 submissions. CLOSER 2019 focuses on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available servicesthrough the global network.

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2018, held in Funchal, Portugal in March 2018. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 94 submissions. CLOSER 2018 is focused on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations and available services throughout the global network.

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 7th Ith International Conference on Cloud Computing and Service Science, CLOSER 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2017. The 16 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 123 submissions. CLOSER 2017 focused on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations and available services throughout the global network.

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Exploring Services Science (IESS) which was held in Geneva, Switzerland, in February 2012. At the conference, researchers from all over the world presented innovative ideas, research, and applications in the design, management, and evaluation of services. This year, the main theme was the interdisciplinary aspect of services. The 22 full papers accepted for IESS were selected from 46 submissions and presented ideas and results related to innovation, services discovery, services engineering, and services management as well as the application of services in information technology, business, e-learning and public administration.

This edited book is a compilation of scholarly articles on the latest developments in the field of AI, Blockchain, and ML/DL in cloud security. This book is designed for security and risk assessment professionals, and to help undergraduate, postgraduate students, research scholars, academicians, and technology professionals who are interested in learning practical approaches to cloud security. It covers practical strategies for assessing the security and privacy of cloud infrastructure and applications and shows how to make cloud infrastructure secure to combat threats and attacks, and prevent data breaches. The chapters are designed with a granular framework, starting with the security concepts, followed by hands-on assessment techniques based on real-world studies. Readers will gain detailed information on cloud computing security that—until now—has been difficult to access. This book: • Covers topics such as AI, Blockchain, and ML/DL in cloud security. • Presents several case studies revealing how threat actors abuse and exploit cloud environments to spread threats. • Explains the privacy aspects you need to consider in the cloud, including how they compare with aspects considered in traditional computing models. • Examines security delivered as a service—a different facet of cloud security.

The contemporary economic landscape features the prevalence of the service sector in economic systems, the pervasive servitisation of manufacturing, innovations in traditional business models and new value creation models, thanks to the new possibilities offered by the web, ICT and other enabling technologies. In this evolving context, this book provides qualified contributions on the topic of service science from a managerial perspective. A multidisciplinary perspective is adopted, dealing with both the structural–technological and dynamic–relational aspects of managing complexity. In addressing the contribution that service science can make to business value creation, this book covers relevant issues such as product servitisation, business modelling, value cocreation with customers, performance measures and the role of ICT. It also presents some innovative experiences of management models in service organisations operating in the environmental, energy and health-care sectors. This book aims to enhance the value of the results of research intertwined with the development of a new training curriculum started four years ago at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa (Italy) with the evolution of the "Master in Management of Innovation" into the new "Master in Management, Innovation and Service Engineering" (MAINS).

Within global commerce, services and management play a vital role in the economy. Service systems are necessary for organizations, and a multi-disciplinary approach is ideal to establish full understanding of these systems. Best Practices and New Perspectives in Service Science and Management provides original research on all aspects of service science, service management, service engineering, and its supporting technology in order to administer cutting-edge knowledge to encourage the improvement of services. This book is essential for researchers and practitioners in the fields of computer science, software management, and engineering.