Cloud Computing: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Virtualization, Business Models, Mobile, Security and More

by Kris Jamsa

Overview

Cloud computing is changing the way businesses and users interact with computers and mobile devices. Gone are the days of expensive data centers, racks of disk drives, and large IT support teams. In their place are software applications delivered to users on demand from the cloud, high-capacity, auto-replicated, secure cloud-based disk-storage and databases, virtualized-server and desktop environments, and cloud-based collaboration tools which support on-premise-, remote-, and hybrid-team success. Within the pages of Cloud Computing, readers will find a hands-on introduction to the cloud, which will have them using cloud-based data storage to store personal documents and to share photos and other digital media with other users and their own various devices, performing cloud-based automated backups, and using other cloud-based applications by the end of Chapter 1! Readers will learn specifics about software as a service (Saas), platform as a service (Paas), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), server and desktop virtualization, and much more. Each chapter of the book presents a cloud topic, examines the underlying business case, and then takes the reader on a test drive. The chapters are filled with real-world case studies. The book’s content is ideal for users wanting to migrate to the cloud, IT professionals seeking knowledge on cloud fundamentals, developers who will build the cloud solutions of the future, and CIOs wanting insights on the most recent cloud solutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901449647390
Publication date:	04/05/2012
Edition description:	NE
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Kris Jamsa wrote his first computer program in Algol, using punched cards, while attending the Unit ed States Air Force Academy. Since then, he has spent his career wrangling data and programs that use it. Jamsa has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, a second Ph.D. in Education and Masters’ Degrees in Computer Science, Information Security, Project Management, Education, and Business. He is the author of 115 books on all aspects of programming and computing.Kris lives with his wife, Debbie, on their ranch in Prescott, Arizona. When he is not in front of a computer screen, you can find him spending time with their horses, dogs, and grand kids.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing the Cloud
Chapter 2 Software as a Service
Chapter 3 Platform as a Service
Chapter 4 Infrastructure as a Service
Chapter 5 ID Management as a Service
Chapter 6 Cloud-Based Data Storage Solutions
Chapter 7 Collaboration in the Cloud
Chapter 8 Understanding Virtualization
Chapter 9 Securing the Cloud
Chapter 10 Disaster Recovery and the Cloud
Chapter 11 Cloud Architectures SOA
Chapter 12 Managing the Cloud
Chapter 13 Migrating to the Cloud
Chapter 14 Cloud and Mobile Devices
Chapter 15 Governing the Cloud
Chapter 16 Evaluating the Cloud's Business Impact & Economics
Chapter 17 Designing Cloud-Based Applications
Chapter 18 Coding Cloud-Based Applications
Chapter 19 Application Scalability
Chapter 20 Future Trends