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Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Judith S. Hurwitz, Daniel Kirsch
August 2020
Beginner
320 pages
8h 45m
English
For Dummies
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About the Authors

Daniel D. Kirsch is a consultant, analyst, and thought leader focused on how emerging technologies such as cloud, AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics are impacting businesses. Dan is particularly interested in how businesses use these emerging technologies to alter their approaches to data management, information security, governance, and risk. Dan has consulted directly with executive leadership teams at technology firms who must make strategic changes to their businesses. In addition, he provides advisory services to technology vendors. He assists these vendors in aligning their solutions with enterprise requirements. Dan is viewed as an expert in understanding cloud, AI, and security solutions and mapping them to the complex needs of business across industries. He developed the Hurwitz & Associates security audit and assessment tools. These tools help customers determine how well they are achieving compliance, and outline practical next steps.

Dan earned his B.A. in Political Science from Union College in New York and a J.D. from Boston College Law School, where he focused on emerging corporate strategies and intellectual property. As an attorney, Dan represented start-ups, cloud computing ventures, and young companies seeking financing. Dan has co-authored two other business technology books: Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human–Machine Collaboration (CRC Press, 2020) and Hybrid Cloud For Dummies (John Wiley & Sons, 2012) as well as ...

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