Amies Alex et al. Implementing and Developing Cloud Computing Applications

Alex Amies, Harm Sluiman, Qiang Guo Tong, Guo Ning Liu. — International Business Machines Corporation, 2012. — 385 р. — ISBN-13: 978-0-13-306684-5Major enterprises and small start-ups are beginning to embrace cloud computing for the scalability and reliability that cloud vendors can provide. This book demonstrates how to implement robust and highly scalable cloud computing applications. Filled with comparative charts and decision trees to help navigate the many implementation alternatives, the author describes the major available commercial offerings and guides readers in choosing the best combination of platform, tools, and services for a small, growing start-up or an established enterprise. Aimed at software developers and their managers, the text details cloud development environments, lifecycles, and project management.Table of Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Author's Acknowledgements
How to Read This Book
Preface
Executive Summary
Cloud Computing is a True Paradigm Shift
From Do It Yourself to Public Cloud - A Continuum
Cloud Computing - Is It Old Mainframe Bess in a New Dress?
Moving Into and Around the Clouds and Efforts at Standardization
Cloud Economics and Capacity Management
Demystifiying the Cloud: A Case Study Using Amazon's Cloud Services (AWS)
Virtualization: Open Source and VMware
Securing the Cloud - Reliability, Availability and Security
Scale and Reuse- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Windows Azure
Google in the Cloud
Enterprise Cloud Vendors
Cloud Service Providers
Practice Fusion: A Case Study
Support and Reference Materials
Index