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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788472425
Length 378 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kevin L. Jackson Kevin L. Jackson
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Scott Goessling Scott Goessling
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Preface 1. Prologue FREE CHAPTER 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

SLAs and benchmarks

Companies that sign SLA-backed contracts should also establish a standard way of benchmarking CSP performance. SLA should not only specify minimum requirement and variability expectations, but it should also specify appropriate remedies to the consumer should the CSP fail to meet a service level or restore services to the appropriate level within a specified period. Service definitions and metrics should be unambiguous.

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