Chapter 1: How "Real" Is the Value of Cloud Computing? 2 What We Thought We Knew. 2 What Could Go Wrong?. 12 What Went Right?. 14 Call to Action. 19 Chapter 2: The Realities and Opportunities of Cloud-Based Storage Services That Your Cloud Provider Will Not Tell You About 22 Cloud Storage Evolves. 22 Junk Data on Premises Moved to the Cloud Is Still Junk Data. 23 Secrets to Finding the Best Cloud Storage Value. 33 The Future of Cloud Storage.
43 Call to Action. 43 Chapter 3: The Realities and Opportunities of Cloud-Based Compute Services That Your Cloud Provider Will Not Tell You About 44 The Trade-offs of Multitenancy. 45 CPU Performance, Meet the Internet. 51 Paying Too Much for Cloud Compute? Here''s Why. 57 Picking the Right Operating Systems. 58 Picking the Right Memory Configurations. 59 The Concept of Reserved Instances. 59 Going Off-brand.
61 Call to Action. 63 Chapter 4: Innovative Services and Public Clouds: What Do You Really Pay For? 64 AI/ML. 66 Serverless. 71 DevOps/DevSecOps. 75 Analytics. 78 Edge and IoT. 83 Emerging Technologies. 87 Call to Action.
87 Chapter 5: Containers, Container Orchestration, and Cloud Native Realities 88 Containers. 89 Container Orchestration and Clustering. 93 Cloud Native. 101 Technology Meets Reality. 108 Call to Action. 108 Chapter 6: The Truths Behind Multicloud That Few Understand 110 Hybrid Cloud Realities. 110 The Move to Plural Public Clouds. 113 Multicloud Upside Realities.
118 Multicloud Downside Realities. 124 Key Concepts for Multicloud Success. 127 Call to Action. 130 Chapter 7: Cloud Security Meets the Real World 132 An Insider''s Guide to Cloud Security Fundamentals. 133 What Cloud Security Worked. 137 What Cloud Security Didn''t Work. 139 The Rise of Non-Native Cloud Security. 144 The Rise of Proactive Security.
147 The Rise of Security Automation. 149 Call to Action. 151 Chapter 8: Cloud Computing and Sustainability: Fact Versus Fiction 152 Initial Thinking: Cloud Data Centers, Bad. 155 The Politics of Sustainability. 158 Finally, Sharing Is Possible. 159 Green Application Development?. 166 Multicloud as a Sustainability Weapon?. 167 What Is Your Real Impact?.
169 Call to Action. 170 Chapter 9: The Evolution of the Computing Market 172 Forced March to the Cloud?. 173 More Consumption, but Prices Stay Static. 177 The Power of a Few Players. 178 The Emergence of Commoditization. 183 The Emergence of System Repatriation. 186 The Rise of Federated Cloud Applications and Data. 188 Traditional Systems Remain.
Why?. 192 Battle for Human Talent. 193 Call to Action. 197 Chapter 10: Here''s the Future of Cloud Computing from an Insider''s Perspective.Be Prepared 198 Continued Rise of Complex Cloud Deployments. 199 Refocus on Cross-Cloud Systems. 202 Changing Skills Demands. 214 Cloud Security Shifts Focus.
217 Cloud Computing Becomes Local. 219 Industry Clouds Become Important. 220 Where Is Edge Computing?. 221 Call to Action. 223 Chapter 11: Wrapping Things Up: Miscellaneous Insider Insights 224 Cloud Can Make Life Better. 224 Changes in the Skills Mix. 233 The Objectives Change. 236 The Market Absorbs the Weak, and the Weak Emerge Again.
237 Cloud Technology Continues to Be a Value Multiplier. 240 Call to Action. 241 9780137935697, TOC, 2/23/2023.