"The promise of cloud computing is here. These pages provide the 'eyes wide open' insights you need to transform your business." --Christopher Crowhurst, Vice President, Strategic Technology, Thomson Reuters
A Down-to-Earth Guide to Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach provides a comprehensive look at the emerging paradigm of Internet-based enterprise applications and services. This accessible book offers a broad introduction to cloud computing, reviews a wide variety of currently available solutions, and discusses the cost savings and organizational and operational benefits. You'll find details on essential topics, such as hardware, platforms, standards, migration, security, and storage. You'll also learn what other organizations are doing and where they're headed with cloud computing. If your company is considering the move from a traditional network infrastructure to a cutting-edge cloud solution, you need this strategic guide.
Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach covers:
- Costs, benefits, security issues, regulatory concerns, and limitations
- Service providers, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo, IBM, EMC/VMware, Salesforce.com, and others
- Hardware, infrastructure, clients, platforms, applications, services, and storage
- Standards, including HTTP, HTML, DHTML, XMPP, SSL, and OpenID
- Web services, such as REST, SOAP, and JSON
- Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Software plus Services (S+S)
- Custom application development environments, frameworks, strategies, and solutions
- Local clouds, thin clients, and virtualization
- Migration, best practices, and emerging standards
Author(s): Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert Elsenpeter
Edition: 1
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 352
McGraw Hill - Cloud Computing A Practical Approach (10-2009) (ATTiCA)......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
Part I: Getting Started......Page 20
Cloud Computing Overview......Page 22
Applications......Page 35
Intranets and the Cloud......Page 38
First Movers in the Cloud......Page 40
When You Can Use Cloud Computing......Page 42
Benefits......Page 48
Limitations......Page 50
Security Concerns......Page 54
Regulatory Issues......Page 58
Google......Page 60
EMC......Page 64
NetApp......Page 65
Microsoft......Page 67
Amazon......Page 73
Salesforce.com......Page 76
IBM......Page 80
Partnerships......Page 82
Cloud Computing Services......Page 88
How Those Applications Help Your Business......Page 96
Deleting Your Datacenter......Page 100
Salesforce.com......Page 102
Thomson Reuters......Page 104
Part II: Cloud Computing Technology......Page 108
Clients......Page 110
Security......Page 112
Network......Page 119
Services......Page 126
Platforms......Page 130
Web Applications......Page 137
Web APIs......Page 139
Web Browsers......Page 145
Overview......Page 154
Cloud Storage Providers......Page 161
Application......Page 172
Client......Page 177
Infrastructure......Page 180
Service......Page 183
Part III: Cloud Computing at Work......Page 190
Overview......Page 192
Driving Forces......Page 195
Company Offerings......Page 197
Industries......Page 203
10 Software plus Services......Page 212
Overview......Page 213
Mobile Device Integration......Page 216
Providers......Page 221
Microsoft Online......Page 224
Google......Page 232
Microsoft......Page 237
Intuit QuickBase......Page 241
Cast Iron Cloud......Page 243
Bungee Connect......Page 245
Development......Page 247
Troubleshooting......Page 268
Application Management......Page 269
12 Local Clouds and Thin Clients......Page 272
Virtualization in Your Organization......Page 273
Server Solutions......Page 277
Thin Clients......Page 287
Case Study: McNeilus Steel......Page 292
Cloud Services for Individuals......Page 296
Cloud Services Aimed at the Mid-Market......Page 303
Enterprise-Class Cloud Offerings......Page 307
Migration......Page 312
Analyze Your Service......Page 316
Best Practices......Page 325
How Cloud Computing Might Evolve......Page 328
C......Page 334
P......Page 336
V......Page 337
Cloud Vendors......Page 338
Resources......Page 343
A......Page 346
C......Page 347
F......Page 348
L......Page 349
P......Page 350
S......Page 351
T......Page 352
Z......Page 353
