Dr. Zaigham Mahmood is a researcher at the University of Derby UK, a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education, and Foreign Professor at NUST Islamabad, Pakistan. His other publications include the successful Springer books Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures and Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm.

• Part I: Cloud Infrastructures and Frameworks.- Metadata-Based Frameworks in the Context of Cloud Computing.- Architecting Scientific Data Systems in the Cloud.- Social, Dynamic and Custom-Based Clouds.- Consumer Cloud.- Part II: Cloud Enablement and Management.- Role of Service Brokers in Cloud Computing.- Resource and Scheduling Management in the Cloud Computing Application Paradigm.- Management Infrastructures for Power-Efficient Cloud Computing Architectures.- Part III: Cloud Perspectives and Patterns.- Cloud Computing: A Mobile Context-Awareness Perspective.- Potential Concerns and Common Benefits of Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning.- Cloud Computing Solution Patterns: Infrastructural Solutions.- Cloud Computing Solution Patterns: Application and Platform Solutions.- Part IV: Cloud Modernization and Migration.- Cloud Application Modernization and Migration Methodology.- An Assessment Tool to Prepare the Leap to the Cloud.- Leveraging the Potential of the Cloud for Software Performance Testing.- Open Source Cloudware Support for the Portability of Applications using Cloud Infrastructure Services.

From the reviews: "Mahmood (Univ. of Derby, UK) has brought together 35 contributors to develop this book that discusses 'methods and practical approaches' to cloud computing ... . The book may be used as a text for a course on cloud computing or as a reference for system architects and developers. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (J. Beidler, Choice, Vol. 51 (6), February, 2014) "The editor achieved his goal of presenting current research and development with respect to frameworks, methods, and practical approaches in cloud computing. ... I can recommend this book for readers who already have some background in cloud computing and wish to enhance their knowledge. This would be a good starting point for a PhD student or a post-doc who wants to venture into cloud computing." (Robert Wojcik, Computing Reviews, November, 2013)