Grids, Clouds and Virtualization

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cafaro, Massimo (Editor), Aloisio, Giovanni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Special purpose computers.; Computer system failures.; Software engineering.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Software Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Research into grid computing has been driven by the need to solve large-scale, increasingly complex problems for scientific applications. Yet the applications of grid computing for business and casual users did not begin to emerge until the development of the concept of cloud computing, fueled by ad...