Part I: Cloud Infrastructures and Frameworks Metadata-Based Frameworks in the Context of Cloud Computing Eduardo Guerra and Ednelson Oliveira Architecting Scientific Data Systems in the Cloud Daniel Crichton, Chris Mattmann, Luca Cinquini, Emily Law, George Chang, Sean Hardman and Khawaja Shams Social, Dynamic and Custom-Based Clouds: Architecture, Services and Frameworks Fareeha Zafar and Omer Muhammad Ayoub Consumer Cloud: Concepts, Vendor Solutions, Industry Applications and Way Forward Naveen Kumar and Sudhanshu Hate Part II: Cloud Enablement and Management Role of Service Brokers in Cloud Computing Dolly Kandpal Resource and Scheduling Management in the Cloud Computing Application Paradigm Katerina Papanikolaou and Constandinos Mavromoustakis Management Infrastructures for Power-Efficient Cloud Computing Architectures Antonio Corradi, Mario Fanelli and Luca Foschini Part III: Cloud Perspectives and Patterns Cloud Computing: A Mobile Context-Awareness Perspective Nayyab Zia Naqvi, Davy Preuveneers and Yolande Berbers Potential Concerns and Common Benefits of Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning S. Parthasarathy Cloud Computing Solution Patterns: Infrastructural Solutions Shyam Kumar Doddavula, Ira Agrawal and Vikas Saxena Cloud Computing Solution Patterns: Application and Platform Solutions Shyam Kumar Doddavula, Ira Agrawal and Vikas Saxena Part IV: Cloud Modernization and Migration Cloud Application Modernization and Migration Methodology Rajaraajeswari Settu and Pethuru Raj An Assessment Tool to Prepare the Leap to the Cloud Leire Orue-Echevarria, Marisa Escalante and Juncal Alonso Leveraging the Potential of the Cloud for Software Performance Testing Krishna Markande and Sridhar Murthy Open Source Cloudware Support for the Portability of Applications using Cloud Infrastructure Services Dana Petcu and Massimiliano Rak

This book presents state-of-the-art research and practical guidance on the emerging cloud paradigm. Covers service delivery and deployment models, best practices for design of cloud-based services, software performance testing, migration, assessment and more.