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Author Arora, Pankaj.

Title To the cloud : cloud powering an enterprise / Pankaj Arora, Raj Biyani, Salil Dave
Published Emeryville, Calif. : McGraw-Hill/Osborne ; London : McGraw-Hill [distributor], 2012

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Description 1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Business Value of IT -- Run, Grow, Transform -- Introduction -- From Mars to the Cloud -- Cloud Time -- Journey to the Cloud -- Explore -- Envision -- Enable -- Execute -- Chapter 1: Explore -- Understand the Cloud -- Cloud Fabric -- Computing Power -- Data Storage -- Networking -- Understand the Value Proposition -- Supply-Side Savings -- Multitenancy Scale Economies -- Demand-Side Benefits -- Beyond Cost Savings -- Chart the Cloud Landscape -- Experiments and Pilot Projects -- Future Cloud Capabilities -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Envision -- Recognize the Case for Change -- Technical Legacy -- Financial Constraints -- Operational Pressures -- Drive a Shared Vision -- Executive Sponsorship -- Organizational Buy-In -- Vision for the Cloud -- "Cloud Powering" Enterprise Initiatives -- Analyze Cloud Opportunities -- Enterprise Asset Inventory -- Application Selection Process -- Categorization -- Demand Patterns -- Build the Business Case -- Cost/Benefit Analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Enable -- Define Adoption Approach -- Pace of Change -- Distribution of Labor -- Staffing -- Migration Management -- Pilot Projects -- Select Cloud Providers -- Cloud Credentials -- Technology Fit -- Adoption Cost -- Security and Compliance -- Enterprise Fit -- Future Roadmap -- Upgrade the Organization -- Cloud Training -- Cloud Governance -- Working Groups -- New Roles and Responsibilities -- DevOps -- Revamp Tools and Processes -- Cloud Policy -- Finance Process Changes -- Development Process Changes -- Cloud Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Execute -- Rethink Enterprise Architecture -- Infrastructure Architecture -- On-Premises Optimizations -- Impact of Cloud Infrastructure Services -- Hybrid Ecosystem Architecture -- Design Solutions for the Cloud -- Security Practices -- Code Reviews
Attack and Penetration Testing -- Monitoring and Logging -- Ongoing Refinements -- Architectural Principles -- Resiliency -- Statelessness -- Parallelization -- Latency -- Automated Scaling -- Implement and Integrate Solutions -- Application Integration -- Identity Management -- Cross-Premises Integration -- Data Integration -- Testing -- Operate in the Cloud -- Support -- Management -- Monitoring -- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- Measure Success -- Summary -- Epilogue: Emerging Markets and the Cloud -- Explosive Economic Growth -- The Opportunity: Leapfrogging Legacy Technology -- Case Studies -- Case Study: redBus.in, Riding the Cloud Bus -- Case Study: Infosys, "Cloudvolution" -- Case Study: India Department of Income Tax, e-Governance -- Case Study: Microsoft, Windows Azure Sandbox -- Emerging Market Challenges -- Summary -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Authors
Summary Applicable to all cloud platforms and providers; this practical resource book is supported by clear frameworks; graphics; tables; summaries; and checklists to provide a true practitioners guide to the cloud. -- Edited summary from book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cloud computing.
Information technology -- Management.
Web services.
Business enterprises -- Data processing
Business enterprises -- Data processing
Cloud computing
Information technology -- Management
Web services
Form Electronic book
Author Biyani, Raj.
Dave, Salil.
LC no. 2011277377
ISBN 007179221X
9780071792219
9780071792226
0071792228