Overview
- Introduces students to the fundamentals of contemporary and emerging technologies and services in Internet computing
- Addresses essential concepts, contemporary paradigms, and novel and emerging technologies alike
- Complemented by extensive teaching material, including examples, chapter summaries, and check questions for students
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About this book
The 2nd edition of this well-established textbook introduces the reader to the fundamentals of contemporary and emerging technologies and services in Internet computing. It covers essential concepts such as distributed systems architecture and web technologies, contemporary paradigms such as cloud, fog, and edge computing, the Internet of things, and emerging technologies like distributed ledger technologies and the InterPlanetary File System. The book also highlights the interconnection and recombination of these Internet-based technologies, which together form a critical information infrastructure with major impacts on individuals, organizations, governments, economies, and society as a whole.
Intended as a textbook for upper undergraduate and graduate classes, it features a wealth of examples, learning goals and summaries for every chapter, numerous recommendations for further reading, and questions for checking students’ comprehension. A dedicated author website offers additional teaching material and more elaborate examples. Accordingly, the book enables students and young professionals in IT-related fields to familiarize themselves with the Internet’s basic mechanisms, and with the most promising Internet-based technologies of our time.
Keywords
- Distributed Architectures
- Information Systems
- Internet Computing
- Emerging Technologies
- Fog Computing
- Cloud Computing
- IoT – Internet of Things
- Middleware
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ali Sunyaev is Director of the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) and a Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). By using theory-driven design, development methods, computational tools, and empirical research, his research work employs a new and interesting perspective to generate insights into the complex process of future internet-based systems and their dependability and application in real-world settings. His research work accounts for the multifaceted use contexts of internet-based systems with research on human behavior affecting IT applications and vice versa. Ali devotes himself to the advancement of theory and applications in this area.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Internet Computing
Book Subtitle: Principles of Distributed Systems and Emerging Internet-Based Technologies
Authors: Ali Sunyaev
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61013-4Due: 03 August 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61016-5Due: 03 August 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-61014-1Due: 03 August 2024
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: X, 389
Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations