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You're reading from Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions Build cloud strategies that align technology and economics while effectively managing risk

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788472425

Length 378 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Kevin L. Jackson

Scott Goessling

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Prologue FREE CHAPTER

Ground rules

2. What is Cloud Computing?

3. Governance and Change Management

4. Design Considerations

5. Business Drivers, Metrics, and Use Cases

6. Architecture Executive Decisions

7. Architecting for Transition

8. Baseline Cloud Architectures

9. Solution Reference Architectures

10. Cloud Environment Key Tenets and Virtualization

11. Cloud Clients and Key Cloud Services

12. Operational Requirements

13. CSP Performance

14. Cloud Application Development

15. Data Security

16. Application Security

17. Risk Management and Business Continuity

18. Hands-On Lab 1 – Basic Cloud Design (Single Server)

19. Hands-On Lab 2 – Advanced Cloud Design Insight

20. Hands-On Lab 3 – Optimizing Current State (12 Months Later)

21. Cloud Architecture – Lessons Learned

22. Epilogue

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Common infrastructure file formats – VMs

Virtual machine portability is a significant concern in a cloud computing environment. Concerns are especially valid in a hybrid IT deployment. Any enterprise solution should address possible differences in both the VM file format and the process for attaching storage to VMs.

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Authors (2)

Goessling

Scott Goessling is the COO/CTO for Burstorm and helped create the worlds first automated Cloud Solution Design platform. He has lived and worked in the Philippines, Japan, India, Mexico, France, and the US. Being an expert in many technologies, Scott has also been a part of several successful start-ups, including a network hardware innovator that was acquired for over $8B. Scott's perspectives combine many real-world experiences. He is interested in nutrition therapy, home renovation, custom car restoration, cooking, photography, sculpture, and, most importantly, parenting.

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Kevin L. Jackson

Kevin L. Jackson is a globally recognized cloud computing expert, technology thought leader, and CEO/founder of GovCloud Network, LLC. Mr. Jackson's commercial experience includes being vice president of J.P. Morgan Chase and worldwide sales executive at IBM. He has deployed mission applications to the US Intelligence Community cloud computing environment (IC ITE), and he has authored and published several cloud computing courses and books. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).

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