Managing Big Data in Cloud Computing Environments

334 Pages·2016·14.98 MB·English

by  Zongmin Ma

Managing Big Data
in Cloud Computing
Environments
Zongmin Ma
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
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Table of Contents
Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiii
Acknowledgment...............................................................................................................................xvii
Section 1
Foundational Issues in Big Data Management in Cloud Computing Environments
Chapter 1
ChallengesandOpportunitiesinBigDataProcessing...........................................................................1
Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University, Czech Republic
Bela Stantic, Griffith University, Australia
Chapter 2
ACloud-AwareDistributedObjectStorageSystemtoRetrieveLargeDataviaHTML5-Enabled
WebBrowsers.......................................................................................................................................25
Ahmet Artu Yıldırım, Utah State University, USA
Dan Watson, Utah State University, USA
Chapter 3
SecurityinCloudofThings(CoT).......................................................................................................46
Bashar Alohali, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Chapter 4
CCCE:CryptographicCloudComputingEnvironmentBasedOnQuantumComputations...............71
Omer K. Jasim, Al-Ma’arif University College, Iraq
Safia Abbas, Ain Shams University, Egypt
El-Sayed M. El-Horbaty, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Chapter 5
HandlingCriticalIssuesofBigDataonCloud..................................................................................100
Madhavi Vaidya, VES College, India



Section 2
Managing Big Data of Special Types in Cloud Computing Environments
Chapter 6
ModelingandIndexingSpatiotemporalTrajectoryDatainNon-RelationalDatabases.....................133
Berkay Aydin, Georgia State University, USA
Vijay Akkineni, Georgia State University, USA
Rafal A Angryk, Georgia State University, USA
Chapter 7
ParallelQueriesofCluster-BasedkNearestNeighborinMapReduce..............................................163
Wei Yan, Liaoning University, China
Chapter 8
KnowledgeasaServiceFrameworkforCollaborativeDataManagementinCloudEnvironments-
DisasterDomain..................................................................................................................................183
Katarina Grolinger, Western University, Canada
Emna Mezghani, Université de Toulouse, France
Miriam A. M. Capretz, Western University, Canada
Ernesto Exposito, Université de Toulouse, France
Chapter 9
AReviewofRDFStorageinNoSQLDatabases................................................................................210
Zongmin Ma, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Li Yan, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Section 3
Two Application Scenarios of Big Data Management in Cloud Computing Environments
Chapter 10
TheAttitudesofChineseOrganizationsTowardsCloudComputing:AnExploratoryStudy...........231
Tomayess Issa, Curtin University, Australia
Yuchao Duan, Curtin University, Australia
Theodora Issa, Curtin University, Australia
Vanessa Chang, Curtin University, Australia
Chapter 11
GreenandEnergy-EfficientComputingArchitectureforE-Learning................................................252
K. Palanivel, Pondicherry University, India
S Kuppuswami, Kongu Engineering College, India
Compilation of References...............................................................................................................278
About the Contributors....................................................................................................................306
Index...................................................................................................................................................312
Detailed Table of Contents
Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiii
Acknowledgment...............................................................................................................................xvii
Section 1
Foundational Issues in Big Data Management in Cloud Computing Environments
Chapter 1
ChallengesandOpportunitiesinBigDataProcessing...........................................................................1
Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University, Czech Republic
Bela Stantic, Griffith University, Australia
ThedevelopmentandextensiveuseofhighlydistributedandscalablesystemstoprocessBigDatahave
beenwidelyconsidered.Newdatamanagementarchitectures,e.g.distributedfilesystemsandNoSQL
databases,areusedinthiscontext.However,featuresofBigDataliketheircomplexityanddataanalytics
demandsindicatethattheseconceptssolveBigDataproblemsonlypartially.Adevelopmentofsocalled
NewSQLdatabasesishighlyrelevantandevenspecialcategoryofBigDataManagementSystemsis
considered.InthisworkwewilldiscussthesetrendsandevaluatesomecurrentapproachestoBigData
processing,identifythecurrentchallenges,andsuggestpossibleresearchdirections.
Chapter 2
ACloud-AwareDistributedObjectStorageSystemtoRetrieveLargeDataviaHTML5-Enabled
WebBrowsers.......................................................................................................................................25
Ahmet Artu Yıldırım, Utah State University, USA
Dan Watson, Utah State University, USA
MajorInternetservicesarerequiredtoprocessatremendousamountofdataatrealtime.Asweputthese
servicesunderthemagnifyingglass,It’sseenthatdistributedobjectstoragesystemsplayanimportant
roleatback-endinachievingthissuccess.Inthischapter,overallinformationofthecurrentstate-of
–the-artstoragesystemsaregivenwhichareusedforreliable,highperformanceandscalablestorage
needsindatacentersandcloud.Then,anexperimentaldistributedobjectstoragesystem(CADOS)is
introducedforretrievinglargedata,suchashundredsofmegabytes,efficientlythroughHTML5-enabled
webbrowsersoverbigdata–terabytesofdata–incloudinfrastructure.Theobjectiveofthesystemisto
minimizelatencyandproposeascalablestoragesystemonthecloudusingathinRESTfulwebservice
andmodernHTML5capabilities.



Chapter 3
SecurityinCloudofThings(CoT).......................................................................................................46
Bashar Alohali, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
WithIoTera,developmentraisesseveralsignificantresearchquestionsintermsofsystemarchitecture,
designandimprovement.Forexample;therequirementofvirtualresourceutilizationandstorage
capacitynecessitatesmakingIoTapplicationssmarter;therefore,integratetheIoTconceptwithcloud
computingwillplayanimportantrole.ThisiscrucialbecauseofverylargeamountsofdatathatIoTis
expectedtogenerate.TheCloudofThings(CoT)isusedtoconnectheterogeneousphysicalthingsto
thevirtualdomainofthecloud.Despiteitsnumerousadvantages,therearemanyresearchchallenges
withutilizationofCoTthatneedsadditionalconsideration.Theseincludehighcomplexity,efficiency,
improvingreliability,andsecurity.ThischapterintroducesCoT,itsfeatures,theapplicationsthatuse
CoT.CoT,likeallothernetworkedfunctions,isvulnerabletosecurityattacks.ThesecurityrisksforCoT
arelistedanddescribed.ThesecurityrequirementsforCoTareidentifiedandsolutionsareproposedto
addressthevariousattacksonCoTanditscomponents.
Chapter 4
CCCE:CryptographicCloudComputingEnvironmentBasedOnQuantumComputations...............71
Omer K. Jasim, Al-Ma’arif University College, Iraq
Safia Abbas, Ain Shams University, Egypt
El-Sayed M. El-Horbaty, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Cloudcomputingtechnologyisamodernemergingtrendinthedistributedcomputingtechnologythatis
rapidlygainingpopularityinnetworkcommunicationfield.Despitetheadvantagesthatthecloudplatforms
bolstered,itsuffersfrommanysecurityissuessuchassecurecommunication,consumerauthentication,
andintrusioncausedbyattacks.Thesesecurityissuesrelevanttocustomerdatafilteringandlostthe
connectionatanytime.Inordertoaddresstheseissues,thischapter,introducesaninnovativecloud
computingcryptographicenvironment,thatentailsbothQuantumCryptography-as-serviceandQuantum
AdvancedEncryptionStandard.CCCEposesmoresecuredatatransmissionchannelsbyprovisioning
secretkeyamongcloud’sinstancesandconsumers.Inaddition,theQCaaSsolvesthekeygeneration
andkeydistributionproblemsthatemergedthroughtheonlinenegotiationbetweenthecommunication
parties.ItisimportanttonotethattheCCCEsolvesthedistancelimitationcoverageproblemthatis
stemmedfromthequantumstateproperty.
Chapter 5
HandlingCriticalIssuesofBigDataonCloud..................................................................................100
Madhavi Vaidya, VES College, India
BigDataisdrivingradicalchangesintraditionaldataanalysisplatforms.Toperformanykindofanalysis
onsuchvoluminousandcomplexdata,scalingupthehardwareplatformsbecomesimpending.Withthe
entirebuzzsurroundingBigData;itisbeingcollectedatanunprecedentedscale.BigDatahaspotential
torevolutionizemuchmorethanjustresearch.Loadinglargedata-setsisoftenachallenge.Another
shiftofthisBigDataprocessingisthemovetowardscloudcomputing.Asmanycommunitiesbegin
torelyoncloudbaseddatamanagement,largeshareddatagoesupextensively.Analysisofsuchlarge
dataondistributedprocessingsystemorcloudisabitdifficulttasktohandle.Theaimofthischapteris