Cloud Computing: Technologies and Strategies of the Ubiquitous Data Center (Hardcover)

Modern computing is no longer about devices but is all about providing services, a natural progression that both consumers and enterprises are eager to embrace. As it can deliver those services, efficiently and with quality, at compelling price levels, cloud computing is with us to stay. Ubiquitously and quite definitively, cloud computing is answering the demand for sophisticated, flexible services

Cloud Computing: Technologies and Strategies of the Ubiquitous Data Center looks at cloud computing from an IT manager’s perspective. It answers basic as well as strategic questions from both a business and a technical perspective so that you can confidently  engage both IT and financial assets in making your organization techno- savvy, efficient, and competitive.

Any answers about the future of computing are definitely in the clouds

The first section of the book offers up a history of the computing roots that have evolved into cloud computing. It looks at how IT has been traditionally serving needs and how cloud computing improves and expands on these services, so you can strategize about how a cloud might provide solutions to specific IT questions or answer business needs.

Next, the book shows how to begin the process of determining which organizational needs would best be served and improved by cloud computing. Presenting specific cases as examples, the book walks you through issues that your organization might likely encounter. Written clearly and succinctly, it --

• Introduces you to the concepts behind different types of clouds, including those used for storage, those that improve processor and application delivery, and those that mix any and all of these services
• Covers typical concerns you will hear with regard to such issues as security, application integration, and structural limitations
• Looks at the future of clouds, from developments right on the horizon to those still in the planning stage

By the book’s conclusion, you will have a solid basis on which to initiate strategic discussions about deploying clouds in your organization. You will understand how cloud computing  can affordably solve real problems. You will know which strategies to use and you will learn of the pitfalls to avoid when taking your data center to the clouds.

Throughout this book are the answers you need to the many questions from the most basic to the more advanced surrounding cloud computing and its place in your enterprise.

What exactly is cloud computing?
How are clouds different than virtualization?
Should my organization use a cloud (or multiple clouds)?
Can clouds and virtualization play significant roles in my organization at the same time?

Covering the basics of virtualization and clusters and the more advanced strategic considerations of security and return on investment, this book will be your guide to IT’s present and future in the cloud, a resource that you will continually turn to. 

Coming soon! For more information, Professional Cloud Computing, at www.professionalcloudcomputing.com, will help you find information to delve more deeply into the discussion in any of a number of directions.

About the Authors:

Brian J. S. Chee is one of the first 10 Certified Netware Instructors outside of Novell, Inc., Brian has seen networking evolve from the ground up from the viewpoints of a manufacturer, a distributor, a reseller, a computer scientist at the U.S. General Service Administration Office of Information Security (GSA-OIS), and now at the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST) as a researcher. As a Senior Contributing Editor to InfoWorld magazine and a long-time member of the Interop NOC team, Brian has a unique insight into networking trends and the emergence of new technology.

Curtis Franklin, Jr. has been writing about technologies and products in computing and networking since the early 1980s. A Senior Writer at NetWitness, he also contributes to a number of technology-industry publications including InfoWorld, Dark Reading, and ITWorld.com on subjects ranging from mobile enterprise computing to enterprise security and wireless networking. He is also online community manager for the Interop conference. Curtis is the author of hundreds of magazine articles, the co-author of three books, and has been a frequent speaker at computer and networking industry conferences across North America and Europe. When he’s not writing, Curt is a painter, photographer, cook, and multi-instrumentalist musician, and is active in amateur radio (KG4GWA), scuba diving, and the Florida Master Naturalist program.

現代計算已不再只關乎設備，而是提供服務的全方位發展，這是消費者和企業都渴望接受的自然進步。由於雲計算能以高效、高品質且具有吸引力的價格提供這些服務，它已成為我們必須接受的事實。雲計算無所不在地回應了對於複雜、靈活服務的需求。

《雲計算：普及數據中心的技術和策略》從IT經理的角度探討了雲計算。它從商業和技術的角度回答了基本和戰略性的問題，讓您能夠自信地在使您的組織技術先進、高效和具有競爭力方面，同時動用IT和財務資產。

這本書的第一部分介紹了演變成雲計算的計算起源。它探討了IT如何傳統地滿足需求，以及雲計算如何改進和擴展這些服務，讓您能夠制定策略，思考雲計算如何為特定的IT問題提供解決方案或滿足業務需求。

接下來，本書展示了如何開始確定哪些組織需求最適合使用雲計算並改善。通過具體案例作為示例，本書引導您解決可能遇到的問題。本書以清晰簡潔的方式介紹了不同類型雲的概念，包括用於存儲的雲、改善處理器和應用程序交付的雲，以及混合所有這些服務的雲。本書還涵蓋了與安全性、應用程序集成和結構限制等問題相關的典型關注點。此外，本書還展望了雲的未來，從即將到來的發展到計劃階段的發展。

通過閱讀本書，您將有一個堅實的基礎，可以開始就在您的組織中部署雲進行戰略性討論。您將了解雲計算如何以負擔得起的方式解決實際問題。您將知道應該使用哪些策略，並學習在將數據中心轉向雲時應避免的陷阱。

本書中包含了您對雲計算的許多問題的答案，從最基本的到更高級的問題，涵蓋了雲計算在企業中的地位。

此外，即將推出的《專業雲計算》（Professional Cloud Computing）將在www.professionalcloudcomputing.com上提供更多信息，幫助您深入探討各種方向的討論。

關於作者：
Brian J. S. Chee是Novell公司以外的首批10位網絡教師之一，他見證了網絡從頭開始的演變，從製造商、分銷商、經銷商到美國總務管理局計算機科學家。