Название: The Evolution of Cloud Computing: How to plan for change Автор: Clive Longbottom Издательство: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT ISBN: 178017358X Год: 2017 Страниц: 207 Язык: английский Формат: pdf (true), epub Размер: 10.15 MB
Cloud computing has been positioned as today's ideal IT platform. However, this has been said before of other IT architectures. How is cloud different?
This book looks at what cloud promises now, and how cloud is likely to evolve as the future unfolds. Readers will be better able to ensure that decisions made now will hold them in good stead for the future and will gain a better understanding of how cloud can deliver the best outcome for their organisations.
Cloud has quickly become a prevalent and ubiquitous term in both the IT and business sectors, delivering affordable computing power to the masses and disrupting many companies and industry sectors. We are now experiencing velocity and acceleration of technology, with a breadth of it being empowered by cloud under the covers. The internet of things (IoT), mobile apps and Big Data, for example, are inherently cloud driven.
It is becoming increasingly important to understand cloud, not only as a technologist but also as a business analyst and leader, as this empowering technology medium changes our lives both in work and at home.
Cloud has been, and is, changing our consumer lives: who does not know of or use Amazon, Netflix, Ebay, Uber, Airbnb, Shazam, and the plethora of new world options presented to us? Of course, cloud also changes how we operate and engage in business. Vendors are fast migrating their own offerings to be cloud-focused; take Microsoft, Oracle and SAP as prime examples. Not to understand this, why it is happening and where we are going will increasingly reduce your value to any organisation as they look for more cloud-experienced and skilled staff.
List of figures About the Author Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary Preface PART 1 LOOKING BACK: CLOUD COMPUTING IN CONTEXT PART 2 THE CLOUD NOW: CLOUD AT ITS SIMPLEST, AS IT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED 2. THE CLOUD 3. WHY CLOUD? 4. BASIC CLOUD PLATFORMS 5. ALTERNATIVE CLOUD PLATFORMS 6. ALTERNATIVE CLOUD MODELS 7. MAIN TYPES OF SaaS CLOUD SERVICES 8. WHERE SHOULD A CLOUD PLATFORM RESIDE? 9. PAYING FOR CLOUD SERVICES PART 3 THE VERY NEAR FUTURE: CLOUD AT A MORE COMPLEX LEVEL, AS YOU SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTING IT 10. BUILDING THE RIGHT CLOUD 11. ISSUES WITH CLOUD COMPUTING 12. CLOUD AND THE ‘CDs’ 13. CREATING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR THE CLOUD 14. SCALE OUT, SCALE UP AND SCALE THROUGH 15. CLOUD AND DATA 16. CLOUD SECURITY 17. VIRTUALISATION, SHARABLE RESOURCES AND ELASTICITY 18. THE CHANGE IN APPLICATIONS 19. APPLICATIONS, VIRTUAL MACHINES AND CONTAINERS 20. FULL AUDIT IS REQUIRED 21. MONITORING, MEASURING AND MANAGING THE CLOUD PART 4 THE FUTURE OF CLOUD: CLOUD AS YOU SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR IT IN THE FURTHER-OUT FUTURE 22. THE ULTIMATE FUTURE 23. IN CONCLUSION Index
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