304 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
290 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Offering an introduction to Cloud-based healthcare IT system, this timely book equips healthcare providers with the background necessary to evaluate and deploy Cloud-based solutions to today’s compliance and efficiency issues. Divided into three sections, it first discusses Cloud Service technologies and business models as well as the pros and cons of Cloud Services as compared to traditional... Read more
WHAT ARE CLOUD SERVICES?
The Traditional IT Paradigm
Definition of Cloud Services
Features of Cloud Services
References
BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF CLOUD SERVICES
Functionality and Ease of use
Anytime, Anywhere access from any device
System Audits
Business Model
Customized solutions
System Performance—Speed, Latency, Availability
Vendor Lockin
Scalability on demand
Collaboration capability
Cloud Service Provider Perspective
Perceptions
Summary
References
CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES
Browser-based applications
Server
Resource Optimization
The Datacenter
Private Clouds
SaaS Model
References
Biography
A. K. Soman
