The when, how, and why of enterprise cloud computing
Jothy Rosenberg
Arthur Mateos
FOREWORD BY  ANNE THOMAS MANES
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The Cloud at  
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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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