The Evolution of Cloud Computing

How to plan for change

By (author) Clive Longbottom

Publication date:

19 December 2017

Length of book:

206 pages

Publisher

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Dimensions:

244x170mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781780173580

Cloud computing has been positioned as today's ideal IT platform. However, this has been said before of other IT architectures. How is cloud different? This book looks at what cloud promises now, and how cloud is likely to evolve as the future unfolds. Readers will be better able to ensure that decisions made now will hold them in good stead for the future and will gain a better understanding of how cloud can deliver the best outcome for their organisations.

Part 1: Looking Back

1: Background

Part 2: The Cloud Now

2: The cloud

3: Why cloud?

4: Basic cloud platforms

5: Alternative cloud platforms

6: Alternative cloud models

7: Main types of SaaS cloud services

8: Where should a cloud platform reside?

9: Paying for cloud services

Part 3: The Very Near Future

10: Building the right cloud

11: Issues with cloud computing

12: Cloud and the 'CDs'

13: Creating the business case for the cloud

14: Scale out, scale up, scale through

15: Cloud and data

16: Cloud security

17: Virtualisation, shareable resources and elasticity

18: The change in applications

19: Applications, virtual machines and containers

20: Full audit is required

21: Monitoring, measuring and managing the cloud

Part 4: The Future of Cloud

22: The ultimate future

23: In conclusion

‘If you are seeking a readable quick-start guide to the state of the marketplace in cloud providers and software tools to help you migrate and manage your applications then this book is useful.'