Introduction: Introduction ,Cloud Computing at a Glance, Historical Developments, Building Cloud Computing Environments, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google AppEngine, Microsoft Azure, Hadoop, Force.com and Salesforce.com, Manjrasoft Aneka.

Virtualization: Introduction, Characteristics of Virtualized, Environments Taxonomy of Virtualization Techniques, Execution Virtualization, Other Types of Virtualization, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Pros and Cons of Virtualization, Technology Examples.

Cloud Computing Architecture: Introduction, Cloud Reference Model, Types of Clouds, Economics of the Cloud, Open Challenges.

Cloud Security: Risks, Top concern for cloud users, privacy impact assessment, trust, OS security, VM Security, Security Risks posed by shared images and management OS.

Cloud Platforms in Industry:

Amazon web services: Compute services, Storage services, Communication services, Additional services.

Google AppEngine: Architecture and core concepts, Application life cycle, Cost model, Observations.

Cloud Applications:

Scientific applications: HealthCare: ECG analysis in the cloud, Biology: gene expression data analysis for cancer diagnosis, Geoscience: satellite image processing. Business and consumer applications: CRM and ERP, Social networking, media applications.