Hybrid cloud for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / Judith Hurwitz ... [et al.]

• Autore: Hurwitz Judith
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley; Chichester, : John Wiley [distributor], 2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.6782
• Soggetto topico: Cloud computing; Web services
• Altri autori: HurwitzJudith
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Hybrid Cloud For Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; 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: Understanding Concepts and Construction; Chapter 1: Discovering the Fundamentals of Your Computing Environment; Deconstructing Cloud Concepts; Cloud Computing Elements: Resource Pools/Cloud Models and Services; Examining the Role of the Data Center; Chapter 2: The Hybrid Cloud Continuum; Explaining the Hybrid Cloud ; Combining Services to Create a Hybrid Cloud Environment The Integration Imperative; Looking at the Requirements for Cloud Integration; Chapter 3: Service Orientation in the Cloud; Defining Service Orientation; Why Service Orientation Matters in the Cloud; Characteristics of Service Orientation; Cataloging Services; Why Service Orientation Is Important to Each of the Cloud Models; Chapter 4: Hybrid Cloud Management; Understanding the Cloud Service Management Ecosystem; Key Capabilities in Cloud Service Management; How Virtualization Complicates Managing a Hybrid Cloud ; The Reality of the Service Desk in Hybrid Clouds Building Your Hybrid Cloud Service Management Plan; Part II: Examining Cloud Service Delivery Models; Chapter 5: Understanding Infrastructure as a Service; Understanding the Key Characteristics of IaaS in a Public Cloud; Considering the Role of a Private IaaS; Using IaaS; Examining Amazon's Public Elastic Compute Cloud; Emerging Players in the IaaS Market; What Infrastructure as a Service Means to You; Chapter 6: Exploring Software as a Service; Seeing the Characteristics of SaaS; Multi-Tenancy and Its Benefits; SaaS Economics ; How SaaS Fits into the Hybrid Cloud World Understanding the Hybrid SaaS Ecosystem; Examining Examples of SaaS Platforms; Other as-a-Service Options in the Cloud; Hybrid Cloud Changes the Nature of SaaS; Chapter 7: Standing on Platform as a Service; Understanding Platform as a Service; Discovering What Changes with PaaS; How PaaS Abstracts Connectivity and Integration; Exploring Types of PaaS; Business Benefits of PaaS; Chapter 8: Managing Business Process as a Service; Understanding the Importance of Business Process as a Service; Exploring How BPaaS Works in the Real World ; Delivering Business Processes from the Cloud Part III: Evaluating the Business Value of the Hybrid Cloud; Chapter 9: Embracing the Business Imperative; Understanding the Challenges of Transforming IT; The Business Benefits of the New IT; Getting Started in This New World; The Role of the Hybrid Cloud; Putting the Evolution of the Data Center in Perspective; Managing Workloads in a Cost-Effective Way; Chapter 10: Breaking Down the Economics of the Hybrid Cloud; Striking the Right Balance of Environments for a Hybrid Cloud; Economic Benefit of the Cloud; The Economics of the Data Center ; Evaluating Costs in the Hybrid Environment
• Sommario/riassunto: Choose the right combination of public, private, and data center resources to empower your business Hybrid clouds are transforming the way that organizations do business. This handy guide helps you find out what this new cloud deployment model is all about. You'll get down- to-earth information about cloud technology, questions to consider, and how to plan and deliver your move to a hybrid environment. Constructing the cloud - learn the basic concepts of the hybrid cloud from both a technical and business perspective Delivering cloud services - dive
• Titolo autorizzato: Hybrid cloud for dummies
• ISBN: 1-118-23500-2; 1-118-22487-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790275903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: --For dummies.