September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
152 pages
3h 31m
English

“The cloud” may be the most overhyped technology in recent memory. Every major software vendor has jumped on the cloud computing bandwagon. There are good reasons why it captures our imagination. The promise of almost unlimited elastic computing capacity, available in an on-demand, pay-as-you-go model, with management and security aspects of the applications often included for you, is incredibly appealing.
We’ve seen instances of consumer-oriented startups and SaaS-based business models having success selling cloud-based offerings—most notably Amazon, Salesforce.com, and Apple have gained traction with ...