Transition to the Cloud. A Practical Guide to Organizing Cloud Computing for Scientists and IT Professionals

Many scientists, in the course of their work, need to perform high-performance computations and store large volumes of data. This requires expensive equipment, and sometimes even a whole IT department to maintain and configure it. Cloud services can be an effective solution, rapidly providing access to necessary resources, facilitating easy data sharing and storage away from local computers, and significantly reducing costs for technical equipment in laboratories and research centers.
Cloud technologies are already widely used today in mathematics, physics, archaeology, atmospheric and climate studies, medicine, space research, energy, and other fields. They expand the capabilities of scientific research through their own capacities, promote the development of science in underprivileged countries and regions, help develop international scientific cooperation, provide a high level of cybersecurity, and enable optimization of expenses and environmental impact. Cloud services are also being implemented in small startups and large businesses with a significant number of employees, clients, and suppliers, as they ensure continuous synchronization and mobility.
The book «Transition to the Cloud» was created by doctors of science and professors Juan Aniel, Diego Montes, and Javier Iglesias, who have extensively used cloud solutions for their projects over many years. In this publication, they gathered all the information necessary for transitioning to cloud infrastructure, including analysis and comparison of various services, descriptions of available tools and programs, ethical and legal aspects of cloud technologies, and other details.