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Author McHaney, Roger

Title Cloud Technologies An Overview of Cloud Computing Technologies for Managers
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (291 p.)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 What Is Cloud Computing? -- Why Cloud Computing? -- Cloud Computing's Focus -- Cost Reduction -- Capacity Planning -- Organizational Agility -- How Is Cloud Computing Hosted? -- Private Cloud Deployment -- Public Cloud Deployment -- Hybrid Cloud Deployment -- What Are the Different Types of Cloud Solutions? -- Software as a Service (SaaS) -- Platform as a Service (PaaS) -- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) -- SaaS versus PaaS versus IaaS: A Review
Recovery as a Service (RaaS) -- What Are General Benefits of Cloud Services? -- What Are General Disadvantages of Cloud Services? -- What Is the History Behind Cloud Computing? -- Historic Perspective of Hardware Related to Cloud Computing -- Historic Perspective of Software Related to Cloud Computing -- SOA Explained in Terms of LegoLEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies. Blocks -- Summary -- References -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Who Uses the Cloud? -- Individuals Users -- Public Cloud Subscription Storage for Individuals -- Private Cloud Storage (PCS) for Individuals
Hosted Personal Cloud Storage Using Third Party Hardware -- Public Cloud versus Personal Cloud Storage -- Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Users -- How Can Cloud Computing Save SMEs Money? -- What Cloud Computing Features Appeal to SMEs? -- SME Cloud Software -- Accounting Software -- Human Resources (HR) Software -- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) -- Project Management/Task Organization -- Office Software -- Data Analytics -- Social Media -- Purchasing and Procurement -- Help Desk and Service Software -- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -- Corporate Managers and Users
Organizational Users of Cloud Computing -- PaaS Users -- IaaS Users -- File Storage and Backup Users -- Disaster Recovery Users -- Big Data Analytics Users -- Summary -- References -- Further Reading -- Website Resources -- Accounting Software -- CRM Software -- Data Analytics -- ERP for SMEs -- Help Desk -- HR Software -- Office Software -- Project Management Tools -- Purchasing and Procurement -- Social Media -- Chapter 3 What Is Virtualization? -- Hardware Virtualization -- Hypervisors -- Types of Hardware Virtualization -- Hardware Virtualization Vendors and Products
Hardware Virtualization Benefits -- Operating System Virtualization -- Operating-System-Level Virtualization (Containerization) -- Containerization Software -- Containers versus Virtual Machines -- Container Cloud Practices -- Containers as a Service (CaaS) -- Storage Virtualization -- DAS (Direct Attached Storage) -- SAN (Storage Area Networks) -- NAS (Network Attached Storage) -- Storage Virtualization Techniques -- File- Versus Block-Level Virtualization -- Summary -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Can the Cloud Help Operations? -- Load Balancing -- Load Balancing Algorithms
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Static Load Balancing Algorithms
Subject Cloud computing.
Organizational change.
Information technology -- Management.
Business enterprises -- Computer networks.
Organizational Innovation
Business enterprises -- Computer networks
Cloud computing
Information technology -- Management
Organizational change
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1119769493
9781119769491