Book Review: Cloud Computing – Implementation, Management and Security

Book Review: Cloud Computing – Implementation, Management and Security by John W. Rittinghouse and James F. Ransome: Publisher- CRC Press: ISBN- 13: 978-1-4398-0680-7

This is one book on cloud computing. From the topic it seems that book is targeted at the cloud provider community but it looses focus very often. Nevertheless it tries to provide other side of story which no other book in market is providing.

Book consists of nine chapters which covers history of computers, various services offered by cloud, introduction to virtualization, standards in cloud, some talk about security and privacy in cloud, and accessing the cloud. Book also have two appendices which covers hands on Sun VirtualBox and case study on executive talk on cloud adoption.

Book provide lot of references which I like particularly. Book also scratches few of the topic which no other book has covered ( at least I have not encountered) like security and privacy in cloud in detail ( there is scope of much improvement), identity management in cloud ( again with huge scope of improvement) etc.

I suggest, read this book once but certainly it does not deserve to be in my bookshelf.

Disclaimer: I did not get paid to review this book, and I do not stand to gain anything if you buy the book. I have no relationship with the publisher or the author.

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3. Dr. John W. Rittinghouse resume: http://www.aphanes.net/JR%20Bio.html