Dr. Luis M. Vaquero
Telefónica R&D Labs, Spain, EU
Mr. Juanjo Hierro (CTO at Telefonica)
Telefónica R&D Labs, Spain, EU
Mr. Juan Cáceres
Telefónica R&D Labs, Spain, EU
Introduction
Cloud
computing is a new paradigm devoted to the provision of every network
resource available as a service to a variety of users. Depending on the
nature of the provisioned resource, Cloud services are typically
classified in
• infrastructure
as a service (IaaS) which offers CPU time, memory, etc.
• platform
as a service (PaaS) which brings easy service development and
maintenance close to the end user,
• and
software as a service (SaaS) which is not an actual new way for
provisioning software.
The Cloud entails three main assumptions:
1)
the provision of virtually infinite services; this first one is
supported by
2)
automated scalability for the services in the Cloud (meaning that
scaling up/down our services is agile enough so as to respond to the
actual demand);
3)
flexible billing mechanisms allowing a pay as you go model.
There
has been a Cambrian explosion in the number of Cloud products and
services. Very significant examples are Amazon's AWS (IaaS), Google's
App Engine (PaaS) and Google's Apps (SaaS). However, this myriad of
products is just offered as a service, making it very difficult for
small to midsized organizations to create and run their own Clouds from
scratch.
Objective of the Book
This
book will wrap up those few open source toolkits for Cloud computing
that allow users to build their own private, hybrid or even public
Clouds.
Thus, we aim at bridging the gap between actual
solutions and users' needs. The book will become a reference when it
comes to decide whether to use an OSS solution, build a custom private
solution or just outsource services from a public Cloud.
Importantly,
for those deciding to start the endeavor of their own Cloud, the book
will serve as a reference starting point. This work is very much needed
since we will target toolkit authors to write the needed chapters,
bringing fresh knowledge handy for non experts in the available open
source systems.
Target Audience
The
target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and
researchers working in the field of information and knowledge
management in various disciplines, e.g. library, information and
communication sciences, administrative sciences and management,
education, adult education, sociology, computer science, and
information technology. Moreover, the book will provide insights and
support executives concerned with the management of expertise,
knowledge, information and organizational development in different
types of work communities and environments.
Recommended
topics include but are not limited to, any cloud open source system
that could be used to build one's own private Cloud at the different
layers of the Cloud:
* IaaS Open Source Cloud Systems
-
dynamic provision system
-
scaling systems
-
monitoring systems for the cloud itself
-
SLA enablers
-
dynamic network provision for the datacenter
* PaaS Open Source Cloud Systems
-
platforms for service lifecycle management
-
as a Service development services
-
distributed file and storage systems
-
cloud platform scalability (e.g. scaling J2EE servers)
-
platforms for massive data treatment
-
platforms for application monitoring in the Cloud
* SaaS Open Source Cloud Systems
-
sample SaaS applications
-
SaaS composition
-
successful business stories with SaaS
Submission Procedure
Researchers
and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 30, 2010, a
2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns
of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be
notified by October15, 2011 about the status of their proposals and
sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by
December30, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve
as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This
book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group
Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea
Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business
Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For
additional information regarding the publisher, please visit
www.igi-global.com.
This publication is anticipated to be released in
2011.
Important Dates
August 30, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
October 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
December 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission Deadline
March 15, 2011: Review Results to Authors
May 15, 2011: Final Submission of Chapters
June 15, 2011: Final Deadline of Manuscript