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Cloud Application Architectures

Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud

By
George Reese
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
April 2009
Pages:
208
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Description
If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services. Cloud Application Architectures will help you determine whether and how to put your applications into these virtualized services, with critical guidance on issues of cost, availability, performance, scaling, privacy, and security.
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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Cloud Computing

    1. The Cloud

    2. Cloud Application Architectures

    3. The Value of Cloud Computing

    4. Cloud Infrastructure Models

    5. An Overview of Amazon Web Services

  2. Chapter 2 Amazon Cloud Computing

    1. Amazon S3

    2. Amazon EC2

  3. Chapter 3 Before the Move into the Cloud

    1. Know Your Software Licenses

    2. The Shift to a Cloud Cost Model

    3. Service Levels for Cloud Applications

    4. Security

    5. Disaster Recovery

  4. Chapter 4 Ready for the Cloud

    1. Web Application Design

    2. Machine Image Design

    3. Privacy Design

    4. Database Management

  5. Chapter 5 Security

    1. Data Security

    2. Network Security

    3. Host Security

    4. Compromise Response

  6. Chapter 6 Disaster Recovery

    1. Disaster Recovery Planning

    2. Disasters in the Cloud

    3. Disaster Management

  7. Chapter 7 Scaling a Cloud Infrastructure

    1. Capacity Planning

    2. Cloud Scale

  1. Appendix Amazon Web Services Reference

    1. Amazon EC2 Command-Line Reference

    2. Amazon EC2 Tips

  2. Appendix GoGrid

    1. Types of Clouds

    2. Cloudcenters in Detail

    3. Comparing Approaches

    4. What’s Right for You?

  3. Appendix Rackspace

    1. Rackspace’s Cloud Services

    2. Fully Integrated, Backed by Fanatical Support

  4. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Cloud Application Architectures
By:
George Reese
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
April 2009
Ebook Release:
April 2009
Pages:
208
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-15636-7
| ISBN 10:
0-596-15636-7
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-80163-2
| ISBN 10:
0-596-80163-7
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About the Author

  1. George Reese

    George Reese is the founder of two Minneapolis-based companies, enStratus Networks LLC (maker of high-end cloud infrastructure management tools) and Valtira LLC (maker of the Valtira Online Marketing Platform). Over the past 15 years, George has authored a number of technology books, including MySQL Pocket Reference, Database Programming with JDBC and Java, Java Database Best Practices, and the upcoming Web Architecture and Programming in the Cloud.

    Throughout the Internet era, George has spent his career building enterprise tools for developers and delivering solutions to the marketing domain. He was an influential force in the evolution of online gaming through the creation of a number of Open Source MUD libraries and he created the first JDBC driver in 1996-the Open Source mSQL-JDBC. Most recently, George has been involved in the development of systems to support the deployment of transactional web applications in the cloud.

    George holds a BA in Philosophy from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. He currently lives in Minnesota with his wife Monique and his daughters Kyra and Lindsey.

    View George Reese's full profile page.

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