Cloud Computing Bible

Barrie Sosinsky

WILEY

Wiley Publishing, Inc.

About the Author Preface Acknowledgments

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Part I: Examining the Value Proposition

Chapter 1: Defining Cloud Computing
Defining Cloud Computing Cloud Types The NIST model The Cloud Cube Model Deployment models Service models Examining the Characteristics of Cloud Computing Paradigm shift Benefits of cloud computing Disadvantages of cloud computing Assessing the Role of Open Standards Summary

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Chapter 2: Assessing the Value Proposition

Measuring the Cloud's Value Early adopters and new applications The laws of cloudonomics Cloud computing obstacles Behavioral factors relating to cloud adoption Measuring cloud computing costs Avoiding Capital Expenditures Right-sizing Computing the Total Cost of Ownership Specifying Service Level Agreements Defining Licensing Models Summary

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Chapter 3: Understanding Cloud Architecture

Exploring the Cloud Computing Stack Composability Infrastructure Platforms Virtual Appliances Communication Protocols Applications Connecting to the Cloud The Jolicloud Netbook OS Chromium OS: The Browser as an Operating System Summary

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Chapter 4: Understanding Services and Applications by Type

Defining Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) IaaS workloads Pods, aggregation, and silos Defining Platform as a Service (PaaS) Defining Software as a Service (SaaS) SaaS characteristics Open SaaS and SOA Salesforce.com and CRM SaaS Defining Identity as a Service (IDaaS) What is an identity? Networked identity service classes Identity system codes of conduct IDaaS interoperability User authentication Authorization markup languages Defining Compliance as a Service (CaaS) Summary

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Part I I : Using Platforms

Chapter 5: Understanding Abstraction and Virtualization
Using Virtualization Technologies Load Balancing and Virtualization Advanced load balancing The Google cloud Understanding Hypervisors Virtual machine types VMware vSphere

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Understanding Machine Imaging Porting Applications The Simple Cloud API AppZero Virtual Application Appliance Summary

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Chapter 6: Capacity Planning

Capacity Planning Defining Baseline and Metrics Baseline measurements System metrics Load testing Resource ceilings Server and instance types Network Capacity Scaling Summary

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Chapter 7: Exploring Platform as a Service

Defining Services Salesforce.com versus Force.com: SaaS versus PaaS Application development Using PaaS Application Frameworks Drupal Eccentex AppBase 3.0 Longjump Squarespace WaveMaker Wolf Frameworks Summary

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Chapter 8: Using Google Web Services

Exploring Google Applications Surveying the Google Application Portfolio Indexed search The dark Web Aggregation and disintermediation Productivity applications and services Enterprise offerings AdWords Google Analytics Google Translate Exploring the Google Toolkit The Google APIs Working with the Google App Engine Summary

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Chapter 9: Using Amazon Web Services

Understanding Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Service Components and Services Working with the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Amazon Machine Images Pricing models System images and software Creating an account and instance onEC2 Working with Amazon Storage Systems Amazon Simple Storage System (S3) Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) CloudFront Understanding Amazon Database Services Amazon SimpleDB Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Choosing a database for AWS Summary

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Chapter 10: Using Microsoft Cloud Services

Exploring Microsoft Cloud Services Defining the Windows Azure Platform The software plus services approach The Azure Platform The Windows Azure service Windows Azure AppFabric Azure Content Delivery Network SQL Azure Windows Azure pricing Windows Live services Using Windows Live Windows Live Essentials Windows Live Home Windows Live for Mobile Summary

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Part III: Exploring Cloud Infrastructures

Chapter 11: Managing the Cloud
Administrating the Clouds Management responsibilities Lifecycle management Cloud Management Products

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Emerging Cloud Management Standards DMTF cloud management standards Cloud Commons and SMI Summary

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Chapter 12: Understanding Cloud Security

Securing the Cloud The security boundary Security service boundary Security mapping Securing Data Brokered cloud storage access Storage location and tenancy Encryption Auditing and compliance Establishing Identity and Presence Identity protocol standards Windows Azure identity standards Presence Summary

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Part IV: Understanding Services and Applications

Chapter 13: Understanding Service Oriented Architecture
Introducing Service Oriented Architecture Event-driven SOA or SOA 2.0 The Enterprise Service Bus Service catalogs Defining SOA Communications Business Process Execution Language Business process modeling Managing and Monitoring SOA SOA management tools SOA security The Open Cloud Consortium Relating SOA and Cloud Computing Summary

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Chapter 14: Moving Applications to the Cloud

Applications in the Clouds Functionality mapping Application attributes Cloud service attributes

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System abstraction Cloud bursting Applications and Cloud APIs Summary

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Chapter 15: Working with Cloud-Based Storage

Measuring the Digital Universe Cloud storage in the Digital Universe Cloud storage definition Provisioning Cloud Storage Unmanaged cloud storage Managed cloud storage Creating cloud storage systems Virtual storage containers Exploring Cloud Backup Solutions Backup types Cloud backup features Cloud attached backup Cloud Storage Interoperability Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) Summary

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Chapter 16: Working with Productivity Software

Using Productivity Applications Characteristics of productivity software Online Office Systems Acrobat.com Glide Digital Google Docs Microsoft Office Web Apps ThinkFree Office Zoho Office Suite Summary

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Chapter 17: Using Webmail Services

Exploring the Cloud Mail Services Google Gmail Mail2Web Windows Live Hotmail Yahoo! Mail Working with Syndication Services The RSS and Atom Protocols Newsreaders News Aggregators Summary

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Chapter 18: Communicating with the Cloud

Exploring Instant Messaging Instant messaging clients Instant messaging interoperability Micro-blogs or Short Message Services Exploring Collaboration Technologies Using Social Networks Features List of social networking sites Privacy and security Interaction and interoperability Summary

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Chapter 19: Using Media and Streaming

Understanding the Streaming Process Protocols in Use The cloud computing advantages Audio Streaming Working with VoIP Applications Skype Google Voice and Google Talk Video Streaming Television in the cloud Streaming video formats YouTube YouTube technologies YouTube and the law Summary

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Part V: Using the Mobile Cloud Chapter 20: Working with Mobile Devices
Defining the Mobile Market Connecting to the cloud Adopting mobile cloud applications Feature phones and the cloud Using Smartphones with the Cloud Android Apple iPhone The App Store MobileMe iPhone apps hosting services

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Research In Motion BlackBerry Symbian Windows Mobile Summary

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Chapter 21: Working with Mobile Web Services

Understanding Service Types Mobile interoperability Performing Service Discovery Context-aware services MEMS Location awareness Push services The BlackBerry Push Service The Lemonade Profile Using SMS Defining WAP and Other Protocols Performing Synchronization Summary

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