Trustworthy Cloud Computing

Vladimir O. Safonov is the Professor of Computer Science and head of the laboratory of Java Technology at St. Petersburg University. He is a leading specialist in computer science and software engineering in Russia. Professor Safonov holds four U.S. software patents, four Russian software patents, and has published 190 papers and 17 books. An IEEE Senior Member, Professor Safonov has led the IEEE Region 8 Russia North-West Computer Society/Engineering Management Society Joint Chapter since 2003.

• Preface ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xv1 Principles and Concepts of Cloud Computing 11.1 Kinds of Modern Software Architectures 11.2 Characteristic Features of Modern Software 31.3 Basic Concepts of Modern Software Architecture 41.4 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) 61.5 Software as A Service (SaaS) 81.6 Key Ideas and Principles of Cloud Computing 81.7 Components of Cloud Platforms and Kinds of Cloud Servicing 111.8 Layers of the Cloud Architecture 141.9 Scheme of Architecture of the Cloud 151.10 Roles of People in Cloud Computing 161.11 Standards of Cloud Computing 171.12 How the Clouds Come True: Organization of Datacenters and Cloud Hardware 201.13 Specifics and Components of Software for Cloud Computing 221.14 Cloud Computing-Related Trends Activities and Resources 25Exercises to Chapter 1 292 Platforms of Cloud Computing 332.1 A Variety of Cloud Platforms: The First Impression 332.2 Amazon AWS Cloud Platform – A Pioneer of Cloud Computing 362.3 IBM Cloud 492.4 Oracle Cloud 582.5 Google Cloud Platform 642.6 HP Helion Cloud Platform 702.7 Salesforce Cloud Platform 79Exercises to Chapter 2 883 Principles and Pillars of Trustworthy Computing 913.1 Vital Issues of Trustworthy Computing 913.2 The Trustworthy Computing Initiative by Microsoft 933.3 The Security Pillar 943.4 The Reliability Pillar 993.5 The Privacy Pillar 1013.6 The Business Integrity Pillar 1033.7 Tools and Software Lifecycle Models to Support Trustworthy Computing 106Exercises to Chapter 3 1104 Making Cloud Computing Trustworthy 1134.1 Psychological Barriers Between the Customers and the Cloud and the Ways to Overcome Them 1134.2 User Interface for Cloud Computing Its Convenience Usability and Functionality for Trustworthy Cloud Computing 1164.3 Threats and Attacks to Clouds 1204.4 Trustworthy Cloud Computing from Hardware Side: Datacenter Architecture Servers Clusters Hypervisors 1244.5 Trustworthy Cloud Computing from Operating System Side: Desirable OS Features to Implement Clouds and Datacenters 1264.6 Using Aspect-Oriented Programming for Refactoring Cloud Services and Making Them Trustworthy: The Contribution of St. Petersburg University 129Exercises to Chapter 4 1425 Example of a Trustworthy Cloud Computing Platform in Detail: Microsoft Azure 1475.1 Overview of Microsoft Azure Architecture and its Evolution 1475.2 User Interface and the Management Portal of Microsoft Azure 1525.3 The Compute Component: Managing and Operating Cloud Services 1615.4 The Storage Component: Managing and Operating Cloud Storage 1785.5 The SQL Azure Component: The Cloud Database 1875.6 Networking in the Azure Cloud: Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) Content Delivery Network (CDN) Virtual Network Traffic Manager 1965.7 Active Directory in the Cloud: A Way of Structuring User Accounts 2025.8 Development of Microsoft Azure Cloud Services with Microsoft Visual Studio 2065.9 Visual Studio Online and its Relation to Microsoft Azure 2155.10 Developing Mobile Services and Connected Mobile Applications for Microsoft Azure 2205.11 Media Services 2345.12 The .NET Platform – The Basis of Azure Implementation 2375.13 Azure Tools 2525.14 Machine Learning in the Cloud: Azure Machine Learning Studio 2575.15 Parallel Processing of Big Data in the Cloud: Using Apache Hadoop in Microsoft Azure 2615.16 Perspectives of Microsoft Azure 265Exercises to Chapter 5 2666 Conclusions: Perspectives of Trustworthy Cloud Computing 2716.1 Integration of Clouds. The Intercloud IEEE Standard 2716.2 The TCLOUDS Project by the European Union 2806.3 Further Developments and Trends of Trustworthy Cloud Computing 291Exercises to Conclusions 296Appendix A Example of Microsoft Azure Cloud Service: Filemanager 299References 309Index 317