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A Practical Cloud Computing Guide by InformationWeek

Anyone interested in “cloud computing”, wants to understand this new technology and better understand the prospects and problems associated with it, I strongly recommend that you read the materials presented by InformationWeek:

A How-To Guide To Cloud Computing - A Practical Guide to Cloud Computing - introductory article;

A Walk In The Cloud — Analytical Report;
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The Roadmap to Virtual Infrastructure: Practical Implementation Strategies ( Virtual Infrastructure Roadmap: Implementation Strategy) - VMWare Report.


The published materials are primarily intended for managers responsible for the implementation and use of IT services in companies and organizations. The purpose of these materials is to show what computing is in the clouds in practice, how to maximize the benefits that are provided by this technology, and how to minimize the risks that arise with its introduction into the activities of companies and organizations. In fact, it is proposed, so-called, how-to (how to apply) a guide on licensing (receiving services), management, bandwidth, security and system architecture, one way or another oriented to the use of remote information processing methods (computing in the clouds) .

If it is very crude to consider the cloud computing toolkit as including Platforms as a Service (PaaS) in all their diversity and Programs as a Service (SaaS), then some roll in the recommended materials was nevertheless made in favor of the Platforms - the younger directions.

"... We are all in this area are still at an early stage of development, and the appropriate tools and techniques are only being tested. So, for example, only after two years of testing Amazon Web Services's Elastic Computer Cloud, this service became publicly available a few weeks ago. Although there are still a number of unfinished tasks, such as download balance, monitoring, and some others.On the other hand, Google’s App Engine is still in preview mode, and in the MS Azure operating system, recently announced, find mode tsya limited set of features available exclusively for developers working in a Windows environment.



However, right now is the time to start planning, as well as time to get practical experience with the new IT delivery model, fill the necessary bumps and prepare specialists in your company who are ready to use cloud computing services as their own . "



Something like this opens the InformationWeek series of published materials. I do not promise to translate them, but I will try to make a generalized summary of these materials, if, of course, readers have a need for it. If someone fails to download reports, please contact, help.

Well, for those who first encountered the concept of “computing in the clouds” or wants to get the most general idea of ​​this technology, refer to my notes on cloud computing (including SaaS) published in my iTechBridge blog . By the way, on this informational site you will find other, including new links on this topic .

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/47003/


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