An Insider’s Guide to Cloud Computing

Length: 288 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication Date: 2023-04-29
ISBN-10: 0137935692
ISBN-13: 9780137935697
Sales Rank: #7911584 (See Top 100 Books)

Many cloud computing initiatives flat-out fail; others limp along, functioning tolerably without ever delivering what they promised. An Insider’s Guide to Cloud Computing reveals why and shows how to do better. Cloud pioneer and long-time CTO David Linthicum explodes the industry’s secrets and presents practical ways to optimize cloud for value and performance.

Linthicum takes a hard look at aggressively marketed technologies such as cloud-based AI, containers, no-code, serverless computing, and multicloud. He illuminates what works, what absolutely does not work, and how to manage the difficult cost-complexity tradeoffs presented by many offerings. You’ll learn why some workloads and datasets still don’t belong on the cloud, and even discover “game changer” technology that has actually been undersold.

Linthicum’s seen it all: the tricks providers play to make their numbers at customers’ expense…realities whispered about in conference rooms and spilled over drinks at conferences…facts and techniques you simply must know to deliver value-optimized solutions.

An Insider’s Guide to Cloud Computing is for every technical and business decision-maker responsible for evaluating, planning, implementing, operating, or optimizing cloud systems. It offers exceptional value to professionals ranging from solution architects to cloud engineers, CTOs to enterprise consultants, or those just getting started on their cloud computing journey.

What cloud providers don’t tell you about their storage and compute services Cloud-based artificial intelligence and machine learning: What are you actually paying for? Containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development: truth versus hype Multicloud: Which approaches actually save you money? Real-world cloud security: beyond silos, black boxes, and out-of-control complexity Cloud computing, carbon footprints, and sustainability: reality versus fiction The crucial role of talent: how to identify, find, and keep the skills you need How cloud computing is changing–and how to prepare for what’s coming

Cover Page
About This eBook
Title Page
Copyright Page
Pearson’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
About the Author
Dedication Page
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Reader Services
Preface
    Why I Wrote This Book
    How to Read This Book
    What Benefits Can You Expect?
Chapter 1. How “Real” Is the Value of Cloud Computing?
    What We Thought We Knew
    What Could Go Wrong?
    What Went Right?
    Call to Action
Chapter 2. The Realities and Opportunities of Cloud-Based Storage Services That Your Cloud Provider Will Not Tell You About
    Cloud Storage Evolves
    Junk Data on Premises Moved to the Cloud Is Still Junk Data
    Secrets to Finding the Best Cloud Storage Value
    The Future of Cloud Storage
    Call to Action
Chapter 3. The Realities and Opportunities of Cloud-Based Compute Services That Your Cloud Provider Will Not Tell You About
    The Trade-offs of Multitenancy
    CPU Performance, Meet the Internet
    Paying Too Much for Cloud Compute? Here’s Why
    Picking the Right Operating Systems
    Picking the Right Memory Configurations
    The Concept of Reserved Instances
    Going Off-brand
    Call to Action
Chapter 4. Innovative Services and Public Clouds: What Do You Really Pay For?
    AI/ML
    Serverless
    DevOps/DevSecOps
    Analytics
    Edge and IoT
    Emerging Technologies
    Call to Action
Chapter 5. Containers, Container Orchestration, and Cloud Native Realities
    Containers
    Container Orchestration and Clustering
    Cloud Native
    Technology Meets Reality
    Call to Action
Chapter 6. The Truths Behind Multicloud That Few Understand
    Hybrid Cloud Realities
    The Move to Plural Public Clouds
    Multicloud Upside Realities
    Multicloud Downside Realities
    Key Concepts for Multicloud Success
    Call to Action
Chapter 7. Cloud Security Meets the Real World
    An Insider’s Guide to Cloud Security Fundamentals
    What Cloud Security Worked
    What Cloud Security Didn’t Work
    The Rise of Non-Native Cloud Security
    The Rise of Proactive Security
    The Rise of Security Automation
    Call to Action
Chapter 8. Cloud Computing and Sustainability: Fact Versus Fiction
    Initial Thinking: Cloud Data Centers, Bad
    The Politics of Sustainability
    Finally, Sharing Is Possible
    Green Application Development?
    Multicloud as a Sustainability Weapon?
    What Is Your Real Impact?
    Call to Action
Chapter 9. The Evolution of the Computing Market
    Forced March to the Cloud?
    More Consumption, but Prices Stay Static
    The Power of a Few Players
    The Emergence of Commoditization
    The Emergence of System Repatriation
    The Rise of Federated Cloud Applications and Data
    Traditional Systems Remain…Why?
    Battle for Human Talent
    Call to Action
Chapter 10. Here’s the Future of Cloud Computing from an Insider’s Perspective… Be Prepared
    Continued Rise of Complex Cloud Deployments
    Refocus on Cross-Cloud Systems
    Changing Skills Demands
    Cloud Security Shifts Focus
    Cloud Computing Becomes Local
    Industry Clouds Become Important
    Where Is Edge Computing?
    Call to Action
Chapter 11. Wrapping Things Up: Miscellaneous Insider Insights
    Cloud Can Make Life Better
    Changes in the Skills Mix
    The Objectives Change
    The Market Absorbs the Weak, and the Weak Emerge Again
    Cloud Technology Continues to Be a Value Multiplier
    Call to Action
Index