Cloud Computing: Steam, Software as a Service, Mobility-As-A-Service, Hadoop, Visual Webgui, Cloud Computing Manifesto, Veracode

Chapters: Steam, Software as a Service, Mobility-As-A-Service, Hadoop, Visual Webgui, Cloud Computing Manifesto, Veracode, Open Mashup Alliance, Airset, Rich Internet Application, Wavemaker, Cloud Computing Security, Incite, Fabric Computing, Plug Computer, Sun Cloud, Nivio, Janrain, Sector/sphere, Centralized Computing, Project Kenai, Rightnow Technologies, Cloud Testing, Zembly, Pegasystems, Novell Cloud Security Service, Cloudbuddy, Message Queuing as a Service, Mozilla Bespin, Open Platform as a Service, Hosted Desktop, Mozilla Weave, Intercloud, Elastichosts, High Performance Cloud Computing, Staffcloud, Cloud Networking, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, Virtual Private Cloud, Fast and Secure Protocol, Open Cloud Computing Interface, Native Cloud Application, Vcloud. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 200. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a large number of games and related media entirely over the Internet, from small independent efforts to larger, more popular games. Steam is set apart from similar services primarily by its community features, completely automated game update process, and its use of in-game functionality. There are over 1,100 games available through Steam, and in January 2010 Valve announced that it had surpassed 25 million active user accounts. It regularly services in excess of two million concurrent users. Although Valve never releases sales figures, Steam is considered by its competitors and clients to be the market leader, controlling an estimated 70% of the digital distribution market. Many major publishers have catalogs on Steam, including Electronic Arts, Activision, 2K Games, Ubisoft, THQ, Sega, Codem...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=898503