Igi Global: 2943 books

Innovations in cloud and service-oriented architectures continue to attract attention by offering interesting opportunities for research in scientific communities. Although advancements such as computational power, storage, networking, and infrastructure have aided in making major progress in the implementation...

Recent advances in computing and communication networks allow us to utilize information technology in ways previously unimaginable. In order for us to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by these new technologies, organizations, governmental agencies, and individuals must find ways to address...

With the continuing growth of the digital media, digital rights management is essential to control the unauthorized distribution or use of digital files typically used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, and copyright holders. Digital Rights Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications...

Cloud computing has revolutionized computer systems, providing greater dynamism and flexibility to a variety of operations. It can help businesses quickly and effectively adapt to market changes, and helps promote users’ continual access to vital information across platforms and devices. Cloud Computing...

Green ICT encompasses a vast and vital domain in today’s business and social worlds. The need for focused attention on the green dimension of ICT could not be higher. Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives unites worldwide investigations, thoughts, and practices...

In recent years, environmental technology has become a critical area of study, as individuals and organizations have started to emphasize the importance of conserving resources and reducing human impact on the environment. Environmental Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications...

Developments in technologies have evolved in a much wider use of technology throughout science, government, and business; resulting in the expansion of geographic information systems. GIS is the academic study and practice of presenting geographical data through a system designed to capture, store, analyze,...

As human activity makes a greater impact on the environment, sustainability becomes an increasingly imperative goal. With the assistance of current technological innovations, environmental systems can be better preserved. Oceanographic and Marine Cross-Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development...

The trend in scientific, as well as commercial, applications from a diverse range of fields has been towards being more and more data-intensive over time. Data Intensive Distributed Computing: Challenges and Solutions for Large-scale Information Management focuses on the challenges of distributed systems...

Our world is increasingly driven by sophisticated networks of advanced computing technology, and the basic operation of everyday society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to those networks’ shortcomings. The implementation and upkeep of a strong network defense is a substantial challenge, beset...

Cloud computing presents a promising approach for implementing scalable information and communications technology systems for private and public, individual, community, and business use. Achieving Federated and Self-Manageable Cloud Infrastructures: Theory and Practice overviews current developments...

Cloud computing is a new paradigm devoted to the provision of every network resource available as a service to a variety of users. Open Source Cloud Computing Systems: Practices and Paradigms bridges the gap between solutions and users' needs. This book presents the most relevant open source cloud technologies...

Like electricity and water, data and computing power are necessary commodities in the modern-day economy. A model for the effective regulation and provisioning of computational services will follow a similar paradigm as the existent model for traditional utilities. Emerging Research Surrounding Power...

With the evolution of digitized data, our society has become dependent on services to extract valuable information and enhance decision making by individuals, businesses, and government in all aspects of life. Therefore, emerging cloud-based infrastructures for storage have been widely thought of as...