Distributed and cloud computing : from parallel processing to the Internet of things / Kai Hwang, Geoffrey C. Fox, Jack J. Dongarra.

Part 1 Systems modeling, clustering, and virtualization. -- Chapter 1 Distributed system models and enabling technologies. -- Chapter 2 Computer clusters for scalable parallel computing. -- Chapter 3 Virtual machines and virtualization of clusters and data centers. -- Part 2 Computing clouds, service-oriented architecture, and programming. -- Chapter 4 Cloud platform architecture over virtualized data centers. -- Chapter 5 Service-oriented architectures for distributed computing. -- Chapter 6. Cloud programming and software environments. -- Part 3 Grids, P2P, and the future internet. -- Chapter 7 Grid computing systems and resource management. -- Chapter 8 Peer-to-peer computing and overlay networks. -- Chapter 9 Ubiquitous clouds and the Internet of things.

Topics covered by this book include: facilitating management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery through virtualization; clustered systems for research or ecommerce applications; designing systems as web services; and social networking systems using peer-to-peer computing. The principles of cloud computing are discussed using examples from open-source and commercial applications, along with case studies from the leading distributed computing vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.