Cloud Computing with e-Science Applications

CRC Press

Cloud Computing with e-Science ApplicationsAuthor(s): Olivier Terzo, Lorenzo Mossucca\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: CRC Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781466591158, 978-1466591158\nSynopsis\nThe amount of data in everyday life has been exploding. This data increase has been especially significant in scientific fields, where substantial amounts of data must be captured, communicated, aggregated, stored, and analyzed. Cloud Computing with e-Science Applications explains how cloud computing can improve data management in data-heavy fields such as bioinformatics, earth science, and computer science. \n\nThe book begins with an overview of cloud models supplied by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and then:\n\nDiscusses the challenges imposed by big data on scientific data infrastructures, including security and trust issues\nCovers vulnerabilities such as data theft or loss, privacy concerns, infected applications, threats .