The Little Book of Cloud Computing, 2014 Edition

Here it is ... the bestseller now greatly expanded to reveal the most important Cloud innovations for 2014 and revised in response to reader requests and comments. This new, 29000-word edition incorporates coverage of such late-breaking tools and programs as IBM's SoftLayer Integration, Storwize V5000, PureFlex and PureData for Analytics ... Microsoft's new "Cloud OS" for facilitating hybrid installations ... Microsoft's Windows Azure Pack for off-the-shelf, "cloud-in-a-box" implementation ... and Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 and RHEV 3.3. For the first time, the book also includes an eloquent introduction to the fundamentals and history of the Hadoop platform: the heart of all Big Data processing in the Cloud environment. Lars Nielsen's much-praised jargon-free guide is ideal for non-tech professionals, entrepreneurs and investors who need a fundamental working knowledge of what constitutes Cloud Computing and Big Data, the current state of those industries, and how they impact the range of businesses. Using completely user-friendly language that assumes no prior knowledge, noted systems developer Nielsen describes the most vital fundamentals of Cloud Computing - that powerful approach to enterprise systems by which today's smart organizations cut costs while still maintaining access to all the digital capacity they need. Nielsen explains tested, effective strategies for maximizing the latest Cloud Computing tools and economies, putting them to work for your organization. He also provides a vivid snapshot of the major industry players, surveys current trends in the Cloud marketplace, and lays out vital issues of Cloud security.