Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series)
“In this book, David Linthicum does that rarest of things: he manages to combine showing why SOA and Cloud Computing complement one another with a lucid game plan of how a business can take advantage of the synergies between them in concrete ways that will contribute to the bottom line.” \ —Jeremy Geelan Conference Chair, Cloud Computing Conference and Expo series Sr. VP, SYS-CON Media and Events\ Massive, disruptive change is coming to IT as Software as a Service (SaaS), SOA, mashups, Web...
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Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise offers a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges associated with this new world and offers a step-by-step program for getting there with maximum return on investment and minimum risk. Using multiple examples, Linthicum: Reviews the powerful cost, value, and risk-related drivers behind the move to cloud computing and explains why the shift will accelerateExplains the technical underpinnings, supporting technologies, and best-practice methods you ll need to make the transitionHelps you objectively assess the promise of SaaS, Web 2.0, and SOA for your organization, quantify value, and make the business caseWalks you through evaluating your existing IT infrastructure and finding your most cost-effective, safest path to the cloud Shows how to choose the right candidate data, services, and processes for your cloud computing initiatives Guides you through building disruptive infrastructure and next-generation process platformsHelps you bring effective, high-value governance to the clouds If you re ready to begin driving real competitive advantage from cloud computing, this book is the start-to-finish roadmap you need to make it happen.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorChapter 1: Where we Are, How we Got Here, and How to Fix ItChapter 2: Reaching for the CloudsChapter 3: Defining Clouds for the EnterpriseChapter 4: Making the Business Case for CloudsChapter 5: Working from your Data, to the CloudsChapter 6: Working from your Services, to the CloudsChapter 7: Working from your Processes to the CloudsChapter 8: Bringing Governance to the CloudsChapter 9: Testing from SOA to the CloudsChapter 10: Defining Candidate Data, Services, and Processes for the CloudsChapter 11: Making the Move to Cloud ComputingChapter 12: Moving Onward Index
