May 2015
Beginner to intermediate
396 pages
10h 38m
English
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Chapter 4. Application Transformation
Key topics in this chapter:
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Application evolution to the cloud
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Application categories and characteristics
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The new approach to application development and delivery
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Continuous application delivery automation
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Application transformation methodology
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Application operational considerations
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Application assessment
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Application transformation best practices
Although many clouds initially focused on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), enterprise organizations often have applications listed as their top business priority. The reality is that a private or public cloud requires a base infrastructure of server, storage, and networking in order to begin hosting anything—an IaaS, Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Software as a Service (SaaS). In earlier chapters, I covered architectures for baseline IaaS clouds, but the largest task in the journey from enterprise IT to the cloud is in application transformation.
Key Take-Away
IaaS virtual machine services are now considered the very minimum capability for a public or enterprise private cloud. Application transformation is the longer-term goal and will take the most amount of time.
Application transformation is a fancy term for assessing the current applications and then planning and conducting migrations. When planning for your cloud transition or deployment, assessing your existing applications will lead you to decisions on what to migrate to the cloud, what apps to redesign, which to maintain ...
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