| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Applicable to all cloud platforms and providers; this practical resource book is supported by clear frameworks; graphics; tables; summaries; and checklists to provide a true practitioners guide to the cloud. -- Edited summary from book. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Business Value of IT -- Run, Grow, Transform -- Introduction -- From Mars to the Cloud -- Cloud Time -- Journey to the Cloud -- Explore -- Envision -- Enable -- Execute -- Chapter 1: Explore -- Understand the Cloud -- Cloud Fabric -- Computing Power -- Data Storage -- Networking -- Understand the Value Proposition -- Supply-Side Savings -- Multitenancy Scale Economies -- Demand-Side Benefits -- Beyond Cost Savings -- Chart the Cloud Landscape -- Experiments and Pilot Projects -- Future Cloud Capabilities -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Envision -- Recognize the Case for Change -- Technical Legacy -- Financial Constraints -- Operational Pressures -- Drive a Shared Vision -- Executive Sponsorship -- Organizational Buy-In -- Vision for the Cloud -- "Cloud Powering" Enterprise Initiatives -- Analyze Cloud Opportunities -- Enterprise Asset Inventory -- Application Selection Process -- Categorization -- Demand Patterns -- Build the Business Case -- Cost/Benefit Analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Enable -- Define Adoption Approach -- Pace of Change -- Distribution of Labor -- Staffing -- Migration Management -- Pilot Projects -- Select Cloud Providers -- Cloud Credentials -- Technology Fit -- Adoption Cost -- Security and Compliance -- Enterprise Fit -- Future Roadmap -- Upgrade the Organization -- Cloud Training -- Cloud Governance -- Working Groups -- New Roles and Responsibilities -- DevOps -- Revamp Tools and Processes -- Cloud Policy -- Finance Process Changes -- Development Process Changes -- Cloud Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Execute -- Rethink Enterprise Architecture -- Infrastructure Architecture -- On-Premises Optimizations -- Impact of Cloud Infrastructure Services -- Hybrid Ecosystem Architecture -- Design Solutions for the Cloud -- Security Practices -- Code Reviews. |
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Attack and Penetration Testing -- Monitoring and Logging -- Ongoing Refinements -- Architectural Principles -- Resiliency -- Statelessness -- Parallelization -- Latency -- Automated Scaling -- Implement and Integrate Solutions -- Application Integration -- Identity Management -- Cross-Premises Integration -- Data Integration -- Testing -- Operate in the Cloud -- Support -- Management -- Monitoring -- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- Measure Success -- Summary -- Epilogue: Emerging Markets and the Cloud -- Explosive Economic Growth -- The Opportunity: Leapfrogging Legacy Technology -- Case Studies -- Case Study: redBus.in, Riding the Cloud Bus -- Case Study: Infosys, "Cloudvolution" -- Case Study: India Department of Income Tax, e-Governance -- Case Study: Microsoft, Windows Azure Sandbox -- Emerging Market Challenges -- Summary -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Authors. |
| Subject |
Cloud computing.
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Information technology -- Management.
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Web services.
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Business enterprises -- Data processing.
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Infonuagique. |
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Technologie de l'information -- Gestion. |
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Services Web. |
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Entreprises -- Informatique. |
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Business enterprises -- Data processing |
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Cloud computing |
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Information technology -- Management |
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Web services |
| Added Author |
Biyani, Raj.
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Dave, Salil.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786613425782 |
| ISBN |
007179221X |
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9780071792219 |
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9780071792226 |
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0071792228 |
| Standard No. |
9786613425782 |
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