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CLOUD COMPUTING: Implementation, Management, and Security By: John W. Rittinghouse and James F. Ransome CRC Press, Taylor Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0680-7 Price: $79.95 Reviewed by Joshua Matloff Journal of High Technology Law Suffolk University Law School Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security is a non-fiction introduction to cloud computing for the non-technical person.1 The authors introduce various common cloud technologies without dwelling on technical details, directing the book toward “managers and technical people alike.”2 Both classes of people can gain knowledge of what cloud computing technologies are, and the business and legal implications behind these technologies. Dr. John Rittinghouse has twenty-five years of experience as a security and management specialist.3 Dr. Rittinghouse worked for many Fortune 500 companies, and currently assists the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Commerce.4 Dr. James Ransome is the senior director and chief security officer of Cisco’s Collaborative Software Group where he works on Cisco’s WebEx product.5 In Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security, the authors present a persuasive case for businesses to use cloud computing solutions, but a less persuasive case that the time to switch cloud computing is now. While acknowledging the vagueness and confusion 1 JOHN W. RITTINGHOUSE JAMES F. RANSOME, CLOUD COMPUTING: IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT, AND SECURITY, xix (CRC Press, Taylor Francis Group) (2010). 2 Id. 3 Biography of John W. Rittinghouse, Ph.D., CISM, archived at /5ntFJvrGR 4 Id. 5 Biography of James Ransome, Cisco Systems, Inc., archived at /5ntGFFdpU. 1 surrounding the term cloud computing, the authors tentatively define it as “the delivery of computatio