Introduction

Cloud computing is changing the computing industry and our daily lives. Without clouds, the search engines like Google that have become an ever-present source of information on every subject would not be possible. There would be no social networking sites like Facebook. Online shopping sites like Amazon would be cramped in scope and unpredictable in performance. Scientific projects like the Human Genome Project would be much more difficult. Businesses are moving more of their IT to cloud implementations every day.

Centralizing data into a cloud that is accessible to mobile devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones, as well as desktops on the enterprise premises, has proven successful and has aided in expanding the boundaries ...

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