January 2014
Intermediate to advanced
199 pages
6h 14m
English
book
Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS)
by Michael Kavis
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mike Kavis is a vice president and principal architect at Cloud Technology Partners and an industry analyst. He has served in technical roles such as chief technology officer, chief architect, and vice president positions with over 25 years of experience building enterprise solutions in health care, retail, manufacturing, and loyalty marketing industries.
In 2010, as chief technology officer for start-up M-Dot Network, his company won the prestigious Amazon AWS Global Start-Up Challenge. M-Dot built a high-speed micropayments network that processed digital incentives by integrating brick-and-mortar point-of-sale systems into a digital incentive PaaS built entirely on Amazon’s AWS public cloud. M-Dot Network was acquired in 2011. In his spare time he works with several start-ups in an advisory role focusing on architecture and cloud computing. When he is not staring at his computer he enjoys traveling to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to watch his beloved New York Giants.
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