A Quick Start Guide To Cloud Computing

Informationen zum Autor Mark Williams has been using advanced cloud computing technologies for over 17 years. He managed the cloud computing business for a major ITC provider and is now a cloud computing consultant helping customers improve their business operations and processes using Internet technologies. He is chair of the Cloud Computing World Forum. Klappentext Cloud computing has caused a marketing fog, confusing business executives seeking to understand the technology's potential applications and business benefits. A Quick-Start Guide to Cloud Computing cuts through the industry hype and provides non-technical explanations about what it is and how it can improve your business. With case studies from large and small business, it shows how enabling a remote workforce and sharing resources can reduce your organisation's carbon footprint. It describes: the benefits of cloud computing; how to choose the right supplier and technologies for your particular business; key security issues and the perils and pitfalls to avoid. This Quick Start Guide puts business needs before technology, enabling you to make confident decisions about IT strategy, make the right choices for your business and reject 'solutions' that fix problems you don't have. Zusammenfassung A Quick Start Guide to Cloud Computing aims to help a non-technical audience grasp the concept of cloud computing! analyse its benefits and pitfalls! choose the right technology and supplier and move into the cloud. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: What is cloud computing?; Chapter - 02: Benefits of cloud computing; Chapter - 03: Risks of cloud computing; Chapter - 04: Case studies; Chapter - 05: Choosing a provider; Chapter - 06: Moving into the cloud; Chapter - 07: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Dr Mark I Williams, Mark Williams, Mark I Williams, Mark I. Williams
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2010
• EAN: 9780749461300
• ISBN: 978-0-7494-6130-0
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 9 mm
• Series: A quick start guide to; A quick start guide to; New Tools for Business
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, business strategy, Computer networking & communications, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, Computer networking and communications