Mobile Cloud Computing

Cloud computing opened the doors for a paradigm shift for the ways in which systems are deployed and used. It has made possible utility computing with infinite scalability and universal availability of systems. This chapter explores mobile cloud computing (MCC) and highlights the risks related to mobile clouds, in addition to the risks normally associated with system development. It provides an overview of the MCC domain and provides a discussion on different selected mobile cloud frameworks and their categorization. The chapter defines risk management and presents an analysis of risk factors currently prevalent in the MCC domain and presents an illustration of how these risks can affect an application. It depicts an analysis of mobile cloud frameworks from a risk management perspective and discusses the effectiveness of traditional risk approaches in dealing with MCC risks.