The Evolution of Cloud Computing: How to Plan for Change
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- Clive Longbottom
- BCS
- 2017
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.
About the Author
Clive Longbottom is founder and research director of industry analyst company, Quocirca. Clive began his analyst career with META Group before founding Quocirca to offer a new kind of industry analysis. He has seen the 'sharp end' of IT, and understands that technology has to be used to support an organisation's aim, not as an end into itself.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Abbreviations
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Glossary
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Background
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The Cloud
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Why Cloud?
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Basic Cloud Platforms
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Alternative Cloud Platforms
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Alternative Cloud Models
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Main Types of SaaS Cloud Services
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Where Should a Cloud Platform Reside?
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Paying for Cloud Services
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Building the Right Cloud
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Issues with Cloud Computing
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Cloud and the ‘CDs’
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Creating the Business Case for the Cloud
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Scale Out, Scale up and Scale Through
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Cloud and Data
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Cloud Security
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Virtualisation, Sharable Resources and Elasticity
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The Change in Applications
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Applications, Virtual Machines and Containers
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Full Audit is Required
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Monitoring, Measuring and Managing the Cloud
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The Ultimate Future
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In Conclusion
