Stanoevska-Slabeva, Katarina <br/><br/>
Grid and cloud computing :  a business perspective on technology and applications / edited by 
Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak and Santi Ristol 
 - India  Springer India  2010 
 - 274 p. 
<br/><br/> 	<br/>In todays dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. They enable increased scalability and more efficient use of IT based on virtualization of heterogeneous and distributed IT resources. This book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Grids and Clouds and of how companies can benefit from them. A wide array of topics is covered, e.g. business models and legal aspects. The applicability of Grids and Clouds in companies is illustrated with four cases of real business experiments. The experiments illustrate the technical solutions and the organizational and IT governance challenges that arise with the introduction of Grids and Clouds. Practical guidelines on how to successfully introduce Grids and Clouds in companies are provided. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788132231608 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cloud computing<br/>Business enterprises--Computer networks<br/>Computational grids (Computer systems)<br/>Management information systems<br/>Technology<br/>Economics<br/>Information storage and retrieval systems<br/>Computational grids (Computer systems)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>004.3602 STA-K