Foreword About the Authors Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Objectives of This Book 1.2 What This Book Does Not Cover 1.3 Who This Book Is For 1.4 How This Book Is Organized Part I: Fundamental Cloud Computing Chapter 3: Understanding Cloud Computing Chapter 4: Fundamental Concepts and Models Chapter 5: Cloud-Enabling Technology Chapter 6: Understanding Containerization Chapter 7: Understanding Cloud Security and Cybersecurity Part II: Cloud Computing Mechanisms Chapter 8: Cloud Infrastructure Mechanisms Chapter 9: Specialized Cloud Mechanisms Chapter 10: Cloud Security and Cybersecurity Access-Oriented Mechanisms Chapter 11: Cloud Security and Cybersecurity Data-Oriented Mechanisms Chapter 12: Cloud Management Mechanisms Part III: Cloud Computing Architecture Chapter 13: Fundamental Cloud Architectures Chapter 14: Advanced Cloud Architectures Chapter 15: Specialized Cloud Architectures Part IV: Working with Clouds Chapter 16: Cloud Delivery Model Considerations Chapter 17: Cost Metrics and Pricing Models Chapter 18: Service Quality Metrics and SLAs Part V: Appendices Appendix A: Case Study Conclusions Appendix B: Common Containerization Technologies 1.5 Resources Pearson Digital Enterprise Book Series Thomas Erl on YouTube The Digital Enterprise Newsletter on LinkedIn Cloud Certified Professional (CCP) Program Chapter 2: Case Study Background 2.1 Case Study #1: ATN Technical Infrastructure and Environment Business Goals and New Strategy Roadmap and Implementation Strategy 2.2 Case Study #2: DTGOV Technical Infrastructure and Environment Business Goals and New Strategy Roadmap and Implementation Strategy 2.

3 Case Study #3: Innovartus Technologies Inc. Technical Infrastructure and Environment Business Goals and Strategy Roadmap and Implementation Strategy PART I: FUNDAMENTAL CLOUD COMPUTING Chapter 3: Understanding Cloud Computing 3.1 Origins and Influences A Brief History Definitions Business Drivers Cost Reduction Business Agility Technology Innovations Clustering Grid Computing Capacity Planning Virtualization Containerization Serverless Environments 3.2 Basic Concepts and Terminology Cloud Container IT Resource On Premises Cloud Consumers and Cloud Providers Scaling Horizontal Scaling Vertical Scaling Cloud Service Cloud Service Consumer 3.3 Goals and Benefits Increased Responsiveness Reduced Investments and Proportional Costs Increased Scalability Increased Availability and Reliability 3.4 Risks and Challenges Increased Vulnerability Due to Overlapping Trust Boundaries Increased Vulnerability Due to Shared Security Responsibility Increased Exposure to Cyber Threats Reduced Operational Governance Control Limited Portability Between Cloud Providers Multiregional Compliance and Legal Issues Cost Overruns Chapter 4: Fundamental Concepts and Models 4.1 Roles and Boundaries Cloud Provider Cloud Consumer Cloud Broker Cloud Service Owner Cloud Resource Administrator Additional Roles Organizational Boundary Trust Boundary 4.2 Cloud Characteristics On-Demand Usage Ubiquitous Access Multitenancy (and Resource Pooling) Elasticity Measured Usage Resiliency 4.

3 Cloud Delivery Models Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) Comparing Cloud Delivery Models Combining Cloud Delivery Models IaaS + PaaS IaaS + PaaS + SaaS Cloud Delivery Submodels 4.4 Cloud Deployment Models Public Clouds Private Clouds Multiclouds Hybrid Clouds Chapter 5: Cloud-Enabling Technology 5.1 Networks and Internet Architecture Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Connectionless Packet Switching (Datagram Networks) Router-Based Interconnectivity Physical Network Transport Layer Protocol Application Layer Protocol Technical and Business Considerations Connectivity Issues Network Bandwidth and Latency Issues Wireless and Cellular Cloud Carrier and Cloud Provider Selection 5.2 Cloud Data Center Technology Virtualization Standardization and Modularity Autonomic Computing Remote Operation and Management High Availability Security-Aware Design, Operation, and Management Facilities Computing Hardware Storage Hardware Network Hardware Carrier and External Networks Interconnection Web-Tier Load Balancing and Acceleration LAN Fabric SAN Fabric NAS Gateways Serverless Environments NoSQL Clustering Other Considerations 5.3 Modern Virtualization Hardware Independence Server Consolidation Resource Replication Operating System-Based Virtualization Hardware-Based Virtualization Containers and Application-Based Virtualization Virtualization Management Other Considerations 5.4 Multitenant Technology 5.5 Service Technology and Service APIs REST Services Web Services Service Agents Service Middleware Web-Based RPC 5.6 Case Study Example Chapter 6: Understanding Containerization 6.

1 Origins and Influences A Brief History Containerization and Cloud Computing 6.2 Fundamental Virtualization and Containerization Operating System Basics Virtualization Basics Physical Servers Virtual Servers Hypervisors Virtualization Types Containeriz.