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The CIO's essential manual to leveraging cloud computing as a the business competitive asset. Cloud Computing: Advanced Business and IT Strategies to Extract Tangible Value from the Cloud introduces a business-oriented approach to implementing cloud computing. Philippe Abdoulaye through his concepts of integrated Cloud-Oriented Operating (iCLOOP) model, Cloud Consumer-Provider Service Delivery Model, Operating Model Transformation Cube, IaaS and SaaS Service Delivery Cubes, demonstrates how to leverage cloud and increase businesses' competitiveness. Cloud Computing: Advanced Business and IT Strategies to Extract Tangible Value from the Cloud provides a comprehensive Cloud Transition Life Cycle (TLC) along with a complete set of 50 tools driving the end-to-end transition to cloud. Philippe Abdoulaye's work is a major one; it provides concrete and actionable solutions to cloud transition.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2015, held in Bhubaneswar, India, in February 2015. The 12 revised full papers presented together with 30 short papers and 9 invited talks in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 221 submissions. The papers cover topics such as distributed computing and algorithms; internet technologies and Web services; secure computing and communication; cloud computing; information retrieval and recommender systems and societal applications.
This Handbook provides a multidimensional and interdisciplinary assessment of the West African Sahel region in all of its complexity.
Bringing together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world, 150 researchers offer 72 articles, providing a region-by region account in their specialist areas, and a summary of the current state of knowledge. Highlighting salient themes, the book is vital to anyone interested in the phenomenon of megalithic monumentality.
Expert guidance on how to use Amazon Web Services to supercharge your digital services business In Transforming Your Business with AWS: Getting the Most Out of Using AWS to Modernize and Innovate Your Digital Services, renowned international consultant and sought-after speaker Philippe Abdoulaye delivers a practical and accessible guide to using Amazon Web Services to modernize your business and the digital services you offer. This book provides you with a concrete action plan to build a team capable of creating world-class digital services and long-term competitive advantages. You'll discover what separates merely average digital service organizations from the truly outstanding, as well as ...
Meteorology of tropical West Africa: the Forecasters’ Handbook presents the science and practice of weather forecasting for an important region of the tropics. Connecting basic theory with forecasting practice, the book provides a unique training volume for operational weather forecasters, and is also suitable for students of tropical meteorology. The West African region contains a number of archetypal climatic zones, meaning that the science of its weather and climate applies to many other tropical regions. West Africa also exhibits some of the world’s most remarkable weather systems, making it an inspiring region for students to investigate. The weather of West Africa affects human livelihoods on a daily basis, and can contribute to hardship, poverty and mortality. Therefore, the ability to understand and predict the weather has the potential to deliver significant benefits to both society and economies. The book includes comprehensive background material alongside documentation of weather forecasting methods. Many examples taken from observations of West African weather systems are included and online case-studies are referenced widely.
Focuses on various issues related to engineering trustworthy cyber-physical systems Contributes to the improved understanding of system concepts and standardization, and presents a research roadmap Emphasizes tool-supported methods, and focuses on practical issues faced by practitioners Covers the experience of deploying advanced system engineering methods in industry Includes contributions from leading international experts Offers supplementary material on the book website: http://research.nii.ac.jp/tcps/
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Explore the modern-day impact of slavery and colonialism in this panoramic Black history for anti-racist readers of 1619 Project and Caste. The companion book to a groundbreaking exhibition on African American history and culture—with 150 powerful illustrations of people and objects. This powerful collection of essays brought to life with more than 150 illustrations investigates the intertwined legacies of slavery, freedom, and capitalism. In Slavery’s Wake frames the history of slavery in a global context to show how it created systems of oppression that continue to shape the world today. Compelling essays from key historians and scholars trace the contemporary resonances of slavery but...
A Versatile Framework for Handling Subdivided Geometric ObjectsCombinatorial Maps: Efficient Data Structures for Computer Graphics and Image Processing gathers important ideas related to combinatorial maps and explains how the maps are applied in geometric modeling and image processing. It focuses on two subclasses of combinatorial maps: n-Gmaps an