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The must-read summary of Charles Babcock's book: "Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution: How Cloud Computing is Transforming Business and Why You Can't Afford to Be Left Behind".
This complete summary of the ideas from Charles Babcock's book "Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution" shows that cloud computing offers a new distribution model where many services are delivered and made available online rather than by in-house computers. In his book, the author explains how this will transform not only the way in which business gets done, but also the fields of education, entertainment and the arts. Companies must learn about it, and plan how to use it, before they get left behind. This summary provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the ins and outs of cloud computing, giving examples of how it is currently being used and highlighting its advantages.
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To learn more, read "Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution" and discover why you should find out about cloud computing and what it can do for your company.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
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Summary of Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution (Charles Babcock)
What is cloud computing?
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Book PresentationManagement Strategies for the Cloud Revolution by Charles Babcock
Book Abstract
MAIN IDEA
“Cloud computing” is a phenomenon which is so new it doesn’t yet have a widely accepted formal definition and is therefore somewhat open to individual interpretation. However, most people agree cloud computing offers a new distribution model where many services – including computing power, massive amounts of storage and network bandwidth– are delivered and made available through a Web browser hooked up to the Internet rather than by in-house computers.
In very practical ways, cloud computing changes everything. With a swipe of a credit card, anyone anywhere on the face of the planet can have the same computer horsepower at their disposal as the largest corporation which has invested millions in building an expensive computer system and hiring an army of IT staff. A limitless array of engaging and highly productive digital services can be delivered by the cloud, each of which can be accessed by simple and inexpensive electronic devices at the user’s end. Cloud developed and delivered computer services will literally transform the way not only business gets done but also the fields of education, entertainment and the arts.
“No single technology is responsible for the advent of the cloud. Broadband communications, Web standards, multicore servers, and the ability to manage large groups of computers as if they were a single machine–these are the components of cloud computing. Mix them together, along with a tendency to organize business applications as services, and things will never be the same again. This new computing power will change the way companies do business. Cloud computing will solve the problem of over provisioning and the tendency of data center budgets to invest heavily in keeping the lights on and the computers running, when what they really should be doing is solving new problems. But most of all, the cloud will bring a new way of doing things and a whole new set of opportunities. Whether you’re ready for it or not, cloud computing is coming to the rest of the world, and those who don’t know how to adapt are going to find themselves in the path of those who do and get stronger.”
– Charles Babcock
About the Author
CHARLES BABCOCK is an editor-at-large for InformationWeek. He reports on virtualization, databases, emerging integration technologies and new Web technologies. Mr. Babcock is the former technical editor of Computer World, technology editor of Interactive Week and editor-in-chief of Digital News. He is a graduate of Syracuse University.
Important Note About This Ebook
This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, viewpoints and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.
Summary of Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution (Charles Babcock)
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing is a new business model where massive amounts of scalable computing power are available on-demand. It represents a fundamental shift in the way the IT industry is organized and is a new distribution model for computing.
The Internet has been described as a “cloud” in which every computer was hooked up ever since it was originally conceived. In more recent times, however, the cloud has come to take on a different meaning. Today’s cloud is made up of massive data centers which are standardized and more automated than ever before. Rather than having an expensive supercomputer sitting at their heart, these data centers are configured using hundreds of thousands of inexpensive personal computers working in parallel. These data centers then use highly sophisticated software to balance computing demands over hundreds of thousands of microcomputers instantaneously.
The big players in cloud computing are careful not to reveal what size these data centers are for fear of setting off an arms race for bragging rights to the claim of who has the largest cloud computer in the world. However, as of early 2010, it is known:
