Visualizing Google Cloud - 101 Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers and Architects

Easy-to-follow visual walkthrough of every important part of the Google Cloud Platform
 
The Google Cloud Platform incorporates dozens of specialized services that enable organizations to offload technological needs onto the cloud. From routine IT operations like storage to sophisticated new capabilities including artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Google Cloud Platform offers enterprises the opportunity to scale and grow efficiently.
 
In Visualizing Google Cloud: Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers & Architects, Google Cloud expert Priyanka Vergadia delivers a fully illustrated, visual guide to matching the best Google Cloud Platform services to your own unique use cases. After a brief introduction to the major categories of cloud services offered by Google, the author offers approximately 100 solutions divided into eight categories of services included in Google Cloud Platform:
* Compute
* Storage
* Databases
* Data Analytics
* Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
* Application Development and Modernization with Containers
* Networking
* Security
 
You'll find richly illustrated flowcharts and decision diagrams with straightforward explanations in each category, making it easy to adopt and adapt Google's cloud services to your use cases. With coverage of the major categories of cloud models--including infrastructure-, containers-, platforms-, functions-, and serverless--and discussions of storage types, databases and Machine Learning choices, Visualizing Google Cloud: Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers & Architects is perfect for every Google Cloud enthusiast, of course. It is for anyone who is planning a cloud migration or new cloud deployment. It is for anyone preparing for cloud certification, and for anyone looking to make the most of Google Cloud. It is for cloud solutions architects, IT decision-makers, and cloud data and ML engineers. In short, this book is for YOU.

List of contents

Acknowledgments vi
 
About the Author vii
 
Introduction ix
 
Chapter 1: Infrastructure 2
 
Chapter 2: Storage 30
 
Chapter 3: Databases 44
 
Chapter 4: Data Analytics 62
 
Chapter 5: Application Development and Modernization Opening 98
 
Chapter 6: Networking 134
 
Chapter 7: Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence 168
 
Chapter 8: Security 206

About the author

Priyanka Vergadia has been working with cloud technology for a decade. She holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Electronics from India. Now a Developer Advocate at Google Cloud, Priyanka works with companies and cloud architects to solve their most pressing business challenges using cloud computing. She is also an artist and has combined her cloud knowledge with visual storytelling to bring you a unique & concise visual tour of Google Cloud.
"I believe that a picture is worth more than 1000 words."

Summary

Easy-to-follow visual walkthrough of every important part of the Google Cloud Platform

The Google Cloud Platform incorporates dozens of specialized services that enable organizations to offload technological needs onto the cloud. From routine IT operations like storage to sophisticated new capabilities including artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Google Cloud Platform offers enterprises the opportunity to scale and grow efficiently.

In Visualizing Google Cloud: Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers & Architects, Google Cloud expert Priyanka Vergadia delivers a fully illustrated, visual guide to matching the best Google Cloud Platform services to your own unique use cases. After a brief introduction to the major categories of cloud services offered by Google, the author offers approximately 100 solutions divided into eight categories of services included in Google Cloud Platform:
* Compute
* Storage
* Databases
* Data Analytics
* Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
* Application Development and Modernization with Containers
* Networking
* Security

You'll find richly illustrated flowcharts and decision diagrams with straightforward explanations in each category, making it easy to adopt and adapt Google's cloud services to your use cases. With coverage of the major categories of cloud models--including infrastructure-, containers-, platforms-, functions-, and serverless--and discussions of storage types, databases and Machine Learning choices, Visualizing Google Cloud: Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers & Architects is perfect for every Google Cloud enthusiast, of course. It is for anyone who is planning a cloud migration or new cloud deployment. It is for anyone preparing for cloud certification, and for anyone looking to make the most of Google Cloud. It is for cloud solutions architects, IT decision-makers, and cloud data and ML engineers. In short, this book is for YOU.

Product details

• Authors: Vergadia, P Vergadia, Priyanka Vergadia
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781119816324
• ISBN: 978-1-119-81632-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Informatik, Google, Cloud, computer science, google cloud, Grid & Cloud Computing, Grid- u. Cloud-Computing