Cloud Computing

FOREWORD

Cloud computing has changed the way mankind uses its technical expertise. Broadly speaking, it marks a transition in the use of computers as utility tools with extreme applications. With shrinking global boundaries and reorganized societies, unexpected results have evolved. A few decades back, the use of supercomputers called for huge investment in terms of cost and infrastructure were accessible only to few organizations. That scenario has now changed with rapid strides in technology making on-demand access to effective unlimited computer power available to all. Our growing requirements to process and store information and data perhaps, justifies our compulsion to innovate and come up with better technologies that fulfill these needs. ...