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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions
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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

by Kevin L. Jackson, Scott Goessling
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
378 pages
10h 14m
English
Packt Publishing
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Prologue

140 million results are returned in 0.48 seconds when you search for cloud computing in a Google search. With that much information available, and that many conversations active around the globe, do we really know what cloud is? Are we confident in knowing what cloud can do? Can we explain why the cloud is changing everything?

If 10 people were asked what cloud computing is and why it is important, we would get at least 12 different answers. Where is the disconnect? We know leaders want it. CFOs support it. Strategists recommend it. Technical teams request it. Users demand it. Isn't cloud easy? Cloud is often associated with acceleration, cost control, added flexibility, increased agility, lower complexity, and rapid innovation. ...

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ISBN: 9781788472425