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by Dan Kirsch, Fern Halper, Marcia Kaufman, Judith Hurwitz
Hybrid Cloud For Dummies
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Understanding Concepts and Construction
Chapter 1: Discovering the Fundamentals of Your Computing Environment
Deconstructing Cloud Concepts
Cloud Computing Elements: Resource Pools/Cloud Models and Services
Examining the Role of the Data Center
Chapter 2: The Hybrid Cloud Continuum
Explaining the Hybrid Cloud
Combining Services to Create a Hybrid Cloud Environment
The Integration Imperative
Looking at the Requirements for Cloud Integration
Chapter 3: Service Orientation in the Cloud
Defining Service Orientation
Why Service Orientation Matters in the Cloud
Characteristics of Service Orientation
Cataloging Services
Why Service Orientation Is Important to Each of the Cloud Models
Chapter 4: Hybrid Cloud Management
Understanding the Cloud Service Management Ecosystem
Key Capabilities in Cloud Service Management
How Virtualization Complicates Managing a Hybrid Cloud
The Reality of the Service Desk in Hybrid Clouds
Building Your Hybrid Cloud Service Management Plan
Part II: Examining Cloud Service Delivery Models
Chapter 5: Understanding Infrastructure as a Service
Understanding the Key Characteristics of IaaS in a Public Cloud
Considering the Role of a Private IaaS
Using IaaS
Examining Amazon’s Public Elastic Compute Cloud
Emerging Players in the IaaS Market
What Infrastructure as a Service Means to You
Chapter 6: Exploring Software as a Service
Seeing the Characteristics of SaaS
Multi-Tenancy and Its Benefits
SaaS Economics
How SaaS Fits into the Hybrid Cloud World
Understanding the Hybrid SaaS Ecosystem
Examining Examples of SaaS Platforms
Other as-a-Service Options in the Cloud
Hybrid Cloud Changes the Nature of SaaS
Chapter 7: Standing on Platform as a Service
Understanding Platform as a Service
Discovering What Changes with PaaS
How PaaS Abstracts Connectivity and Integration
Exploring Types of PaaS
Business Benefits of PaaS
Chapter 8: Managing Business Process as a Service
Understanding the Importance of Business Process as a Service
Exploring How BPaaS Works in the Real World
Delivering Business Processes from the Cloud
Part III: Evaluating the Business Value of the Hybrid Cloud
Chapter 9: Embracing the Business Imperative
Understanding the Challenges of Transforming IT
The Business Benefits of the New IT
Getting Started in This New World
The Role of the Hybrid Cloud
Putting the Evolution of the Data Center in Perspective
Managing Workloads in a Cost-Effective Way
Chapter 10: Breaking Down the Economics of the Hybrid Cloud
Striking the Right Balance of Environments for a Hybrid Cloud
Economic Benefit of the Cloud
The Economics of the Data Center
Evaluating Costs in the Hybrid Environment
Part IV: Creating a Unified Hybrid Environment
Chapter 11: Managing and Integrating Data
Ensuring Trustworthy Data
Integrating Data Across Environments
Managing Big Data in the Cloud
Supporting an Analytics Strategy
Talking to Your Cloud Provider About Data
Chapter 12: Managing Hybrid Workloads
What Is a Workload?
Managing Workloads
Workload Complexities in the Hybrid Cloud Environment
Making Workload Management Transparent
Chapter 13: Architectural Considerations for the Hybrid Environment
Putting the Pieces Together
Planning for Deployment
Setting the Right Policies and Business Rules
Navigating the Choices in a Hybrid World
Optimizing for Workloads
Supporting a Dynamic Lifecycle
Part V: Operationalizing Hybrid Clouds
Chapter 14: Development and Deployment in a Hybrid Cloud
Examining Changes for Development and Deployment in a Cloud
Developing and Delivering Applications with PaaS
Managing Heterogeneous Applications
Chapter 15: Promoting Cloud Security and Governance
How Using a Cloud Provider Impacts Security Risks
How Internal End Users Impact Security Risks
Sharing the Responsibility for Cloud Security with Your Cloud Provider
Exploring the Risks of Running in the Cloud
Developing a Secure Hybrid Environment
Discovering Risk and Maintaining Your Cloud Governance Strategy
Chapter 16: Virtualization and the Hybrid Cloud
Defining Virtualization
Exploring Why Companies Adopt Server Virtualization
Server Virtualization and the Hybrid Cloud
Managing Virtualization
Chapter 17: Employing Service Level Agreements
Defining Service Level Agreements
Keeping Track of the Pieces
Creating a Hybrid SLA
Creating a Hybrid Management SLA Dashboard
Chapter 18: Standards in a Hybrid World
Evolution of Standards
Categories of Cloud-Related Standards
Organizations Building Momentum Around Standards
The Impact of Standards on the Hybrid Cloud
Part VI: Getting Set for the Hybrid Cloud Journey
Chapter 19: Planning Your Hybrid Cloud Strategy
Identifying Your Starting Points
Focusing the Plan on Providing Services to Your Constituents
Supporting a Successful Customer Experience
Supporting a Dynamic Lifecycle
Abstracting Complexity in the Cloud
Balancing Costs and Benefits
Chapter 20: Managing Data Storage in the Hybrid Cloud
Understanding Cloud Storage Fundamentals
Considerations for Hybrid Cloud Storage
Evaluating the Impact of Hybrid Cloud on Supporting Changing Network Requirements
Planning for Hybrid Resources to Support Growth and Change
Part VII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 21: (More Than) Ten Hybrid Cloud Resources
Hurwitz & Associates
Standards Organizations
Consortiums and Councils
The Open Group
Open Source Offerings
The Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Storage Initiative
Vendor Sites
Cloud Gatherings
OpenForum Europe
CIO.gov
Open Data Center Alliance
Chapter 22: Ten Hybrid Cloud Best Practices
Start with Business Objectives
Create a Task Force with Both IT and Business Leaders
Understand the Business Process as a Foundation for the Hybrid Cloud
Think Service Orientation
Think Service Management
Plan to Manage Multiple Endpoints
Select Your Partners Carefully
Plan Your Strategy Based on Governance and Security
Know Your Starting Points
Pay Attention to Detail
Chapter 23: Ten Hybrid Cloud Do's and Don'ts
Do Plan for Data and Services Consistency
Do Decide Which Cloud Services Can Be Managed in a Public Cloud
Do Have a Service Management Plan
Do Plan for Data Portability
Do Execute on an Overall Hybrid Cloud Plan
Don’t Rely on Only a Single Vendor
Don’t Over Invest in Licenses
Don’t Overlook the Need to Manage Infrastructure
Don’t Leave Your Data Center Alone
Don’t Ignore the Service Level Agreement
Do Move Forward and Don’t Look Back
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