Cloud guide is a must-have reference book for any attorney who wants to run their practice using cloud-based applications. The book explains the cloud in easy to understand language and describes different cloud models. Included in the book is a process to migrate your firm to the cloud, giving you the ability to operate in today's mobile world. Designed for the solo and mid-size law firm looking to gain a competitive edge using technology, this book brings together many hours of research to save you time and aid you in your decision process. Reviews of 50+ cloud-based applications provide you with an understanding of functional features, pricing models, security implementation, and training options. Areas covered include: Case Management / Marketing / Staffing - HR / Appointment Management / Project Management / Transcription / Electronic Signatures / Password Managers / Writing Tools / Financial Management / Time Tracking / File Storage
Getting familiar with cloud computing features from scratch to advanced. Ê KEY FEATURESÊÊ _ Detailed coverage on Cloud fundamentals, Cloud Service Models, and deployment models. _ Easy, detailed, and practical approach to develop skills on working with Cloud Computing. _ Includes charts, diagrams, and graphical illustrations for better visual learning on complex topics of cloud computing. DESCRIPTIONÊ Cloud computing is a technology that allows you to store, access data and programs over the internet instead of the hard drive or a server. In this book, you will gain knowledge about the fundamentals of cloud computing. This book includes a detailed description of the features of the cloud, the importance of cloud in todayÕs era, and uses of cloud computing. This book provides you with a deep knowledge of the basics of cloud computing. You will learn about the characteristics, architecture, and uses and importance of cloud computing. This book also explores the concept of scalability and redundancy regarding cloud computing. You will learn about the various cloud deployment and service models. You will also gain knowledge of virtualization technology. You will also have a guided tour of concepts related to cloud management, data storage and security, and cloud operations and technologies. At the end of the book, you will learn about the advanced concepts of cloud computing and also learn about mobile cloudÊ computing. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN _ In-depth understanding on the fundamentals of cloud computing. _ Explore the role and importance of cloud computing across businesses and enterprises. _ Learn about cloud deployment models and service models. _ Gain knowledge on cloud storage, cloud security, administration of cloud and mobile cloud computing.Ê WHO THIS BOOK IS FORÊÊ This book is open to all graduates, beginners and working professionals to help them understand everything about cloud computing and how to operate in a cloud environment. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Architecture and ApplicationsÊÊ 3. Scalability and Redundancy 4. Cloud Services 5. Cloud Deployment Models 6. Virtualization 7. Management 8. Data Storage and Security 9. Operations and Challenges 10. Technologies and Service Providers 11. Cloud Cube Model 12. Mobile Cloud Computing
This book describes the landscape of cloud computing from first principles, leading the reader step-by-step through the process of building and configuring a cloud environment. The book not only considers the technologies for designing and creating cloud computing platforms, but also the business models and frameworks in real-world implementation of cloud platforms. Emphasis is placed on “learning by doing,” and readers are encouraged to experiment with a range of different tools and approaches. Topics and features: includes review questions, hands-on exercises, study activities and discussion topics throughout the text; demonstrates the approaches used to build cloud computing infrastructures; reviews the social, economic, and political aspects of the on-going growth in cloud computing use; discusses legal and security concerns in cloud computing; examines techniques for the appraisal of financial investment into cloud computing; identifies areas for further research within this rapidly-moving field.
Thoroughly explains the Cloud Computing process...and has all the insights, experiences and instructions needed for successful Cloud Computing. - Your Step-by-Step Guide to creating a Cloud Computing. Best Practices for implementations and check-ups. - Free Updates and downloads of all forms and documents included. Key Book Benefits: Delivers authoritative, field-tested best practices for working with Cloud Computing. Covers the full lifecycle, from planning, design, and deployment. Includes access to download of complete set of documents as discussed in the book, and more. The instantly downloadable documents can be used straight away. Comes with job aids, utilities, and full downloads of all documents. Drive Better Productivity and Increase Success with this book Starting Now. Discover Real-World Best Practices-Without Paying Expensive Consultants You're investing in Cloud Computing for one reason: to drive major performance improvements across your entire organization. Cloud Computing Best Practices will help you do just that. Drawing on their experience with dozens of deployments, The Art of Service offers expert guidance on every aspect of Cloud Computing deployment, with results-focused best practices for every area of the organization touched by the Cloud Computing, including sales, marketing, customer service, finance, legal, and IT. This is information you'd otherwise have to pay a consultant top dollars to get...information you won't find in any other book! The Art of Service walks you through developing a comprehensive and effective implementation strategy, followed by tactics and specifics to overcome every challenge you face, including internal politics. Through this book and its companion Web site, The Art of Service provides presentations, questionnaires, step-by-step guides, and extensive resources-all part of the Content on Demand system that gives your organization maximum results from Cloud Computing. - Achieve higher end-customer satisfaction and dramatic productivity gains - Overcome "people, product, and process" pitfalls that can limit the value of your Cloud Computing - Learn which procedures, processes and documentation are right for your implementation - This book's varied set of start-to-finish roadmap documents for success can be used by companies of all sizes in all industries for executives, team leaders, implementation team members, developers, and users throughout the business. From Overwhelmed to Empowered - Changing the way you find Answers - This book includes access to The Art of Service's on-demand digital library to Search, Download, Learn and use direct applicable documents for technology and business professionals, eliminating spending money and time on self-development. Every day, many large enterprises run hundreds of projects using The Art of Service Documentation. For these companies, The Art of Service is ideal for their custom project development, quality assurance, IT Service Management implementation, virtual training, or documentation. The Art of Service Content-on-Demand is unique. With The Art of Service, users get the documents and the knowledge they need and IT managers get complete visibility and management control over project deployments. Get Your Access Today.
Software-as-a-service (SaaS), and broader cloud computing, is one of the fastest growing segments of the information technology (IT) industry because it provides a more cost-effective alternative for enterprises to achieve their business objectives than traditional packaged applications. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software delivery model in which a software firm provides daily technical operation, maintenance, and support for the software provided to their client. The primary goal of this book is to provide the quality education and support materials needed to enable the understanding and application of SaaS and Web Applications in a wide range of contexts. IT professionals need to know a whole lot more about the various ways of delivering services to the customers and end-users. It is no longer sufficient just to know the differences between Windows based or Linux based architecture. These days, most services will utilize some form of SaaS and Web Applications, be it virtualization or SaaS offerings. So with the change in computing and IT Service delivery comes a whole new series of qualifications and certification. The SaaS and Web Applications Certification Scheme has been created to support the IT Professional who needs to be a 'niche generalist', especially in a rapidly changing area like SaaS and Web Applications. First, you need to create the foundation - The SaaS and Web Applications Best Practice Guide focuses on the fundamentals, general knowledge, terminology and concepts used in SaaS and Web Applications. This book Covers: - SaaS Solutions: Learn About Software As A Service Solutions, and how to guarantee 99.9% Uptime. - SaaS Managed Hosting: Software As A Service Hosting, and How to Ensure successful applications delivery. - SaaS Best Practices: See what Leaders in Software-as-a-Service Solutions do. - SaaS Software Service: Explore a Wide Range Of SaaS Business Solutions. - SaaS Hosting Services and How to Deliver Your Software as a Service. Filled with thought provoking questions to challenge your thinking and understanding, this book is your Real World Guide to SaaS and Web Applications Skills, with Key information and real world examples organized around the actual day-to-day tasks and challenges you'll face in the field of IT Management.
Discover how Google Cloud services can help you to reduce operational tasks and focus on delivering business value with your applications Key FeaturesDesign, develop, and deploy end-to-end cloud-native applications using Google Cloud servicesPrepare for the GCP developer exam with the help of a fictitious business case and a Q&A sectionGet hands-on with implementing code examples of different GCP services in your applicationsBook Description Google Cloud Platform is one of the three major cloud providers in the industry, exhibiting great leadership in application modernization and data management. This book provides a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to cloud development and shows you how to use the tools to create cloud-native applications by integrating the technologies used by Google. The book starts by taking you through the basic programming concepts and security fundamentals necessary for developing in Google Cloud. You'll then discover best practices for developing and deploying applications in the cloud using different components offered by Google Cloud Platform such as Cloud Functions, Google App Engine, Cloud Run, and other GCP technologies. As you advance, you'll learn the basics of cloud storage and choosing the best options for storing different kinds of data as well as understand what site reliability engineers do. In the last part, you'll work on a sample case study of Hip Local, a community application designed to facilitate communication between people nearby, created by the Google Cloud team. By the end of this guide, you'll have learned how to design, develop, and deploy an end-to-end application on the Google Cloud Platform. What you will learnGet to grips with the fundamentals of Google Cloud Platform developmentDiscover security best practices for applications in the cloudFind ways to create and modernize legacy applicationsUnderstand how to manage data and databases in Google CloudExplore best practices for site reliability engineering, monitoring, logging, and debuggingBecome well-versed with the practical implementation of GCP with the help of a case studyWho this book is for This book is for cloud engineers or developers working or starting to work on Google Cloud Platform and looking to take advantage of cloud-native applications. You'll also find this book useful if you are preparing for the GCP developer exam.
Mastering Cloud Computing is designed for undergraduate students learning to develop cloud computing applications. Tomorrow's applications won't live on a single computer but will be deployed from and reside on a virtual server, accessible anywhere, any time. Tomorrow's application developers need to understand the requirements of building apps for these virtual systems, including concurrent programming, high-performance computing, and data-intensive systems. The book introduces the principles of distributed and parallel computing underlying cloud architectures and specifically focuses on virtualization, thread programming, task programming, and map-reduce programming. There are examples demonstrating all of these and more, with exercises and labs throughout. - Explains how to make design choices and tradeoffs to consider when building applications to run in a virtual cloud environment - Real-world case studies include scientific, business, and energy-efficiency considerations
Summary Amazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to computing, storing, and networking in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all the essential AWS services you to know, emphasizing best practices for security, high availability and scalability. Foreword by Ben Whaley, AWS community hero and author. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology The largest and most mature of the cloud platforms, AWS offers over 100 prebuilt services, practically limitless compute resources, bottomless secure storage, as well as top-notch automation capabilities. This book shows you how to develop, host, and manage applications on AWS. About the Book Amazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to deploying web applications in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all essential AWS services, with a focus on automation, security, high availability, and scalability. This thoroughly revised edition covers the latest additions to AWS, including serverless infrastructure with AWS Lambda, sharing data with EFS, and in-memory storage with ElastiCache. What's inside Completely revised bestseller Secure and scale distributed applications Deploy applications on AWS Design for failure to achieve high availability Automate your infrastructure About the Reader Written for mid-level developers and DevOps engineers. About the Author Andreas Wittig and Michael Wittig are software engineers and DevOps consultants focused on AWS. Together, they migrated the first bank in Germany to AWS in 2013. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED What is Amazon Web Services? A simple example: WordPress in five minutes PART 2 - BUILDING VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTING OF COMPUTERS AND NETWORKING Using virtual machines: EC2 Programming your infrastructure: The command-line, SDKs, and CloudFormation Automating deployment: CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and OpsWorks Securing your system: IAM, security groups, and VPC Automating operational tasks with Lambda PART 3 - STORING DATA IN THE CLOUD Storing your objects: S3 and Glacier Storing data on hard drives: EBS and instance store Sharing data volumes between machines: EFS Using a relational database service: RDS Caching data in memory: Amazon ElastiCache Programming for the NoSQL database service: DynamoDB PART 4 - ARCHITECTING ON AWS Achieving high availability: availability zones, auto-scaling, and CloudWatch Decoupling your infrastructure: Elastic Load Balancing and Simple Queue Service Designing for fault tolerance Scaling up and down: auto-scaling and CloudWatch
How do you start? How should you build a plan for cloud migration for your entire portfolio? How will your organization be affected by these changes? This book, based on real-world cloud experiences by enterprise IT teams, seeks to provide the answers to these questions. Here, you’ll see what makes the cloud so compelling to enterprises; with which applications you should start your cloud journey; how your organization will change, and how skill sets will evolve; how to measure progress; how to think about security, compliance, and business buy-in; and how to exploit the ever-growing feature set that the cloud offers to gain strategic and competitive advantage.
