Distributed and Cloud Computing: From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things, named a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice publication, explains how to create high-performance, scalable, reliable systems, exposing the design principles, architecture, and innovative applications of parallel, distributed, and cloud computing systems. Starting with an overview of modern distributed models, the book provides comprehensive coverage of distributed and cloud computing, including: Facilit ating management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery through virtualization Clustered systems for research or ecommerce applications Designing systems as web services Social networking systems using peer-to-peer computing Principles of cloud computing using examples from open-source and commercial applications Using examples from open-source and commercial vendors, the text describes cloud-based systems for research, e-commerce, social networking and more. Complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing Includes case studies from the leading distributed computing vendors: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more Explains how to use virtualization to facilitate management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery Designed for undergraduate or graduate students taking a distributed systems course-each chapter includes exercises and further reading, with lecture slides and more available online Table of Contents Part 1: Systems Modeling, Clustering and Virtualization Chapter 1: Distributed System Models and Enabling Technologies Chapter 2: Computer Clusters for Scalable Computing Chapter 3: Virtual Machines and Virtualization of Clusters and Datacenters Part 2: Computing Clouds and Service-Oriented Architecture Chapter 4: Design of Cloud Computing Platforms Chapter 5: Service Oriented Architectures Chapter 6: Cloud Programming and Software Environments Part 3: Grids, P2P, and The Future Internet Chapter 7: Grid Computing and Resource Management Chapter 8: P2P Computing with Overlay Networks Chapter 9: Ubiquitous Computing with Clouds and The Internet of Things