[occi-wg] Call for Book Chapters "Open Source Cloud Computing Systems: Practices and Paradigms"

[Juan Caceres]

  Open Source Cloud Computing Systems: Practices and Paradigms

* Editors: *
Dr. Luis M. Vaquero
Telefónica R&D Labs, Spain, EU

Mr. Juanjo Hierro (CTO at Telefonica) 
Telefónica R&D Labs, Spain, EU

Mr. Juan Cáceres
Telefónica R&D Labs, Spain, EU


* Call for Chapters: *
Proposals Submission Deadline: August 30, 2010

*Introduction*
Cloud computing is a new paradigm devoted to the provision of every 
network resource available as a service to a variety of users. Depending 
on the nature of the provisioned resource, Cloud services are typically 
classified in 
• infrastructure as a service (IaaS) which offers CPU time, memory, etc. 
• platform as a service (PaaS) which brings easy service development and 
maintenance close to the end user, 
• and software as a service (SaaS) which is not an actual new way for 
provisioning software.

The Cloud entails three main assumptions: 
1) the provision of virtually infinite services; this first one is 
supported by 
2) automated scalability for the services in the Cloud (meaning that 
scaling up/down our services is agile enough so as to respond to the 
actual demand); 
3) flexible billing mechanisms allowing a pay as you go model.

There has been a Cambrian explosion in the number of Cloud products and 
services. Very significant examples are Amazon's AWS (IaaS), Google's 
App Engine (PaaS) and Google's Apps (SaaS). However, this myriad of 
products is just offered as a service, making it very difficult for 
small to midsized organizations to create and run their own Clouds from 
scratch.

*Objective of the Book*
This book will wrap up those few open source toolkits for Cloud 
computing that allow users to build their own private, hybrid or even 
public Clouds.
Thus, we aim at bridging the gap between actual solutions and users' 
needs. The book will become a reference when it comes to decide whether 
to use an OSS solution, build a custom private solution or just 
outsource services from a public Cloud.
Importantly, for those deciding to start the endeavor of their own 
Cloud, the book will serve as a reference starting point. This work is 
very much needed since we will target toolkit authors to write the 
needed chapters, bringing fresh knowledge handy for non experts in the 
available open source systems.


*Target Audience*
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and 
researchers working in the field of information and knowledge management 
in various disciplines, e.g. library, information and communication 
sciences, administrative sciences and management, education, adult 
education, sociology, computer science, and information technology. 
Moreover, the book will provide insights and support executives 
concerned with the management of expertise, knowledge, information and 
organizational development in different types of work communities and 
environments.

Recommended topics include but are not limited to, any cloud open source 
system that could be used to build one's own private Cloud at the 
different layers of the Cloud:

* IaaS Open Source Cloud Systems
- dynamic provision system
- scaling systems 
- monitoring systems for the cloud itself
- SLA enablers
- dynamic network provision for the datacenter
* PaaS Open Source Cloud Systems
- platforms for service lifecycle management
- as a Service development services
- distributed file and storage systems
- cloud platform scalability (e.g. scaling J2EE servers)
- platforms for massive data treatment
- platforms for application monitoring in the Cloud
* SaaS Open Source Cloud Systems
- sample SaaS applications
- SaaS composition
- successful business stories with SaaS
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*Submission Procedure*
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 
30, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and 
concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals 
will be notified by October15, 2011 about the status of their proposals 
and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted 
by December30, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a 
double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve 
as reviewers for this project.

*Publisher*
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly 
Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” 
“Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” 
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please 
visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released 
in 2011.

*Important Dates*
August 30, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
October 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
December 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission Deadline
March 15, 2011: Review Results to Authors
May 15, 2011: Final Submission of Chapters
June 15, 2011: Final Deadline of Manuscript


* Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word 
document): *
Juan Caceres
Telefonica R&D Labs, Spain
Email:caceres at tid.es  <http://>
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