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The Basics of Cloud Computing
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The Basics of Cloud Computing

by Derrick Rountree, Ileana Castrillo
September 2013
Beginner
172 pages
4h 48m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 2

Laying the Groundwork

Abstract

Although the cloud is a group of services, not technologies, the rapid growth it has experienced would not have been possible without the right technologies. Many different technologies go into making the cloud happen. In this chapter, we review some of these technologies and the role they have played in making the cloud viable.

Keywords

virtualization; utility; distributed; authentication; federated; SOAP; REST; identity; IdP; provider; HTML; JBOSS; JSON; Ruby; Java; JavaScript; ACS; factor; PHP; ASP; public; private

Chapter Points

■ Authentication

■ Computing Concepts

■ Hardware Virtualization

■ Web Development Technologies

Introduction

The cloud is about services, but there are a number of technology ...

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ISBN: 9780124059320