The book is organized into three distinct parts, moving from foundational architecture to advanced industry-specific applications: Part I: Foundational Technologies
| Chapter | Topic | Hands-on Component | |---------|-------|--------------------| | 1 | Introduction to Cloud Computing | Setup AWS, Azure, or GCP free tier | | 2 | Virtualization | Create a VM using VirtualBox or cloud provider | | 3 | IaaS: AWS EC2, S3, EBS | Launch EC2 instance, store/retrieve from S3 | | 4 | PaaS: AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Google App Engine | Deploy a web app | | 5 | SaaS and Cloud APIs | Integrate Google Drive or Dropbox API | | 6 | Cloud Storage & Databases | Use DynamoDB or Amazon RDS | | 7 | Cloud Security | Implement IAM roles and policies | | 8 | Big Data on Cloud: Hadoop, Spark on EMR | Run a word count job on EMR | | 9 | Cloud Case Studies | Netflix, Dropbox, Airbnb architectures | | 10 | Future trends (Serverless, Edge, Containers) | Deploy a container to AWS ECS/Fargate | The book is organized into three distinct parts,
Since its first edition (2014), the book has been adopted by over 150 universities worldwide, including Georgia Tech, University of Texas, and IITs. The third edition (2021) added crucial chapters on: EBS | Launch EC2 instance
The book has several key features that make it a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals: including Georgia Tech
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