Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology, Security, and Architecture

Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology, Security & Architecture

Cloud computing has become an integral and foundational part of information technology. The majority of digital business activity and technology innovation occurs with the involvement of contemporary cloud environments that provide highly sophisticated automated technology infrastructure and a vast range of technology resources. To successfully build upon, interact with, or create a cloud environment requires an understanding of its common inner mechanics, architectural layers, models, and security controls. It also requires an understanding of the business and economic factors that justify the adoption and real-world use of clouds and cloud-based products and services.

In Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology, Security & Architecture, Thomas Erl, one of the world's top-selling IT authors, teams up with cloud computing expert Eric Barceló Monroy and researchers to break down proven and mature cloud computing technologies and practices into a series of well-defined concepts, technology mechanisms, and technology architectures. Comprehensive coverage of containerization and cybersecurity topics is also included.

All chapters are carefully authored from an industry-centric and vendor-neutral point of view. In doing so, the book establishes concrete, academic coverage with a focus on structure, clarity, and well-defined building blocks for mainstream cloud computing and containerization platforms and solutions. With nearly 370 figures, 40 architectural models, and 50 mechanisms, this indispensable guide provides a comprehensive education of contemporary cloud computing, containerization, and cybersecurity that will never leave your side.

Thomas Erl is a best-selling IT author who has authored and co-authored 15 books published by Prentice Hall and Pearson Education and dedicated to topics focused on contemporary information technology and practices. These titles were delivered for the Pearson Digital Enterprise Series from Thomas Erl, for which Thomas also acts as series editor. Thomas is the host of the "Real Digital Transformation" podcast series (available via Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts, and most other platforms) and also contributes regular articles via his weekly LinkedIn newsletter, "The Digital Enterprise." Over 100 articles and interviews by Thomas have been published in numerous publications, including CEO World, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and CIO Magazine. Thomas has also toured over 20 countries as a keynote speaker for various conferences and events. As founder and president of Arcitura Education (www.arcitura.com), Thomas also leads the development of curricula for internationally recognized, vendor-neutral training and accreditation programs. Arcitura's portfolio currently consists of over 100 courses, over 90 Pearson VUE exams and over 40 certification tracks, covering topics such as Digital Transformation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), DevOps, Blockchain, IoT, Containerization, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics.

Eric Barcelo is a top IT technology professional and IT author focused on cloud computing topics. Eric has designed, deployed, and managed companies' main computer and telecommunications networks, data centers, managed services, and cloud computing contracts. Eric has planned, engineered, and supported infrastructure technologies in Internet ecommerce environments, and further oversaw application security, network security, configuration and asset inventory management data, SLAs for Cloud infrastructure, platform, and storage services. Eric developed, implemented, and supported numerous ERP, Call Center, and Web-based enterprise applications, and also created emergency mirror site, preparedness programs and disaster recovery plans with Cloud Computing services included. He has further designed web hosting architectures; researched and selected hardware, hosting, and cloud providers; managed in-house telecommunications initiatives; and coordinated negotiations, service levels, and implementation schedules with vendors and resellers.