Cloud computing for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Judith Hurwitz ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455228303321
• Autore: Hurwitz Judith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., 2009
• ISBN: 0-470-59740-2
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Collana: --For dummies
• Disciplina: 004.36; 006.76
• Soggetti: Cloud computing; Electronic data processing - Distributed processing; Web services; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cloud Computing For Dummies®; About the Authors; Dedications; Authors' Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Introducing Cloud Computing; Chapter 1: Grasping the Fundamentals; Chapter 2: Discovering the Value of the Cloud for Business; Chapter 3: Getting Inside the Cloud; Chapter 4: Developing Your Cloud Strategy; Part II: Understanding the Nature of the Cloud; Chapter 5: Seeing the Advantages of the Highly Scaled Data Center; Chapter 6: Exploring the Technical Foundation for ScalingChapter 7: Checking the Cloud's Workload Strategy; Chapter 8: Managing Data; Chapter 9: Discovering Private and Hybrid Clouds; Part III: Examining the Cloud Elements; Chapter 10: Seeing Infrastructure as a Service; Chapter 11: Exploring Platform as a Service; Chapter 12: Using Software as a Service; Chapter 13: Understanding Massively Scaled Applications and Business Processes; Chapter 14: Setting Some Standards; Part IV: Managing the Cloud; Chapter 15: Managing and Securing Cloud Services; Chapter 16: Governing the Cloud; Chapter 17: Virtualization and the CloudChapter 18: Managing ; Desktops and Devices in the Cloud; Chapter 19: Service Oriented Architecture and the Cloud; Chapter 20: Managing the Cloud Environment; Part V: Planning for the Cloud; Chapter 21: Banking on Cloud Economics; Chapter 22: Starting Your Journey to the Cloud; Part VI: The Part of Tens; Chapter 23: Ten (Plus One) Swell Cloud Computing Resources; Chapter 24: Ten Cloud Dos and Don'ts; Glossary; Index
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