contents

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foreword
preface
acknowledgments
about this book

1 What is cloud computing?

1.1 Five main principles that define cloud computing

1.2 Benefits that can be garnered from moving to the cloud

1.3 Evolution of IT leading to cloud computing

1.4 Classifying cloud layers: different types for different uses

1.5 Summary

2 Understanding cloud computing classifications

2.1 The technological underpinnings of cloud computing

2.2 Understanding the different classifications of clouds

2.3 Matching cloud providers to your needs

2.5 Summary

3 The business case for cloud computing

3.1 The economics of cloud computing

3.2 Where does the cloud make sense?

3.3 Where does the cloud not make sense?

3.4 Zero-capital startups

3.5 Small and medium businesses

3.6 Cloud computing in the enterprise

3.7 Summary

4 Security and the private cloud

4.1 Information security in the public cloud

4.2 Rationale for a private cloud

4.3 A virtual private cloud

4.4 Private clouds in practice

4.5 The long-term viability of private clouds

4.6 Summary

5 Designing and architecting for cloud scale

5.1 High-scale application patterns that fit the cloud best

5.2 Designing and architecting for internet scale: sharding

5.3 Designing for on-demand capacity: cloudbursting

5.4 Designing for exponentially expanding storage

5.5 Summary

6 Achieving high reliability at cloud scale

6.1 SOA as a precursor to the cloud

6.2 Distributed high-performance cloud reliability

6.3 Summary

7 Testing, deployment, and operations in the cloud

7.1 Typical software deployments

7.2 The cloud to the rescue

7.3 The power of parallelization

7.4 Summary

8 Practical considerations

8.1 Choosing a cloud vendor

8.2 Public cloud providers and SLAs

8.3 Measuring cloud operations

8.4 Summary

9 Cloud 9: the future of the cloud

9.1 The most significant transformation IT has ever undergone

9.2 Ten predictions about how the cloud will evolve

9.3 Ten predictions about how application development will evolve

9.4 Summary
 
appendix Information security refresher
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