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Chapter 1
Setting the Fundamentals
of the Cloud
In This Chapter
▶ Providing an overview of cloud computing and their models
▶ Diving into the implementation strategies for cloud computing
Cloud computing is emerging as one of the most important
transformational trends in business and computing
of the decade. You’re witnessing the beginning of a shift from
an era where enterprises assume that they’ll own a complete
infrastructure to an era where IT is designed as a set
of services that are consumed by developers, partners, and
customers. Cloud computing allows companies to respond to
business initiatives more quickly, often at a much lower cost,
and without the complexities associated with the computing
models that have been in place for decades. With cloud
computing, you can also innovate and transform IT into a set
of flexible services that enable a more agile approach than is
possible with traditional siloed computing models.
In this chapter, we provide an overview of what cloud computing
is and how it can help businesses to gain agility, flexibility,
and innovation without massive capital expenditure.
Defining Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a method of providing a set of shared
computing resources that include applications, software,
computing, storage, networking, development and deployment
platforms, and business process. Cloud computing turns