The when, how, and why of enterprise cloud computing
Jothy Rosenberg
Arthur Mateos
FOREWORD BY ANNE THOMAS MANES
M A N N I N G
The Cloud at
Your Service
The Cloud at
Your Service
The when, how, and why of
enterprise cloud computing
JOTHY ROSENBERG
ARTHUR MATEOS
M A N N I N G
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brief contents
1 What is cloud computing? 1
2 Understanding cloud computing classifications 18
3 The business case for cloud computing 50
4 Security and the private cloud 72
5 Designing and architecting for cloud scale 100
6 Achieving high reliability at cloud scale 131
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8 Practical considerations 169
9 Cloud 9: the future of the cloud 188
Testing, deployment, and operations in the cloud 148
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contents
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foreword xiii
preface xv
acknowledgments xvii
about this book xix
What is cloud computing? 1
1.1 Five main principles that define cloud computing 3
Pooled computing resources 3 Virtualization of compute resources 4
Elasticity as resource demands grow and shrink 5 Automation of new resource
deployment 5 Metered billing that charges only for what you use 6
1.2 Benefits that can be garnered from moving to the cloud 6
Economic benefits of the change from capital to operational expenses 6 Agility
benefits from not having to procure and provision servers 7 Efficiency benefits
that may lead to competitive advantages 7 Security stronger and better
in the cloud 8
1.3 Evolution of IT leading to cloud computing 8
Origin of the “cloud” metaphor 8 Major computing paradigm shifts:
mainframes to client-server to web 10 Housing of physical computing resources:
data center evolution 11 Software componentization and remote access: SOA,
virtualization, and SaaS 12
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