Chapter 1
Discovering the Fundamentals of Your Computing Environment
In This Chapter
Deconstructing cloud concepts
Discovering resource pools/cloud models and services
Evaluating the role of the data center
Finding out how the public cloud fits and when the private cloud shines
How quickly things change. Cloud computing has evolved from a risky and confusing concept to a strategy that organizations large and small are beginning to adopt as part of their overall computing strategy. A few years ago when Hurwitz & Associates wrote Cloud Computing For Dummies, there was plenty of skepticism. Would businesses really be willing to adopt cloud computing? What exactly is cloud computing, and how does it help businesses be more effective?
The market has come a long way in a short amount of time. Today more companies — large and small — are doing everything from prototyping a new application with public clouds to implementing a complex private cloud as a utility to support customers and partners. Indeed, we have moved out of the first phase of this new market. We are now at the stage when ...
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