Includes index

Foreword

Prologue

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Author



1 First Drive

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Essentials

1.3 Benefits

1.4 Why Cloud?

1.5 Business and IT Perspective

1.6 Cloud and Virtualization

1.7 Cloud Services Requirements

1.8 Dynamic Cloud Infrastructure

1.9 Cloud Computing Characteristics

1.10 Cloud Adoption

1.11 Cloud Rudiments

1.12 Summary



2 Cloud Deployment Models

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Cloud Characteristics

2.3 Measured Service Accounting

2.4 Cloud Deployment Models

2.5 Security in a Public Cloud

2.6 Public Versus Private Clouds

2.7 Cloud Infrastructure Self-Service

2.8 Summary



3 Cloud as a Service

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Gamut of Cloud Solutions

3.3 Principal Technologies

3.4 Cloud Strategy

3.5 Cloud Design and Implementation Using SOA

3.6 Conceptual Cloud Model

3.7 Cloud Service Defined

3.8 Summary



4 Cloud Solutions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Cloud Ecosystem

4.3 Cloud Business Process Management

4.4 Cloud Service Management

4.5 O n-Premise Cloud Orchestration and Provisioning Engine

4.6 Computing on Demand

4.7 Cloud Sourcing

4.8 Summary



5 Cloud Offerings

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Information Storage