An updated revised and comprehensive overview of the concepts related to cloud computing
including recent applications innovations and its future evolution.In this Essential
Knowledge volume Nayan B. Ruparelia provides an updated and revised version of Cloud Computing
first published in 2016 to address not only the fact that cloud computing has become a
ubiquitous part of mainstream computing since then but also has made strides in other key
aspects of the technology’s development including: cloud computing’s history updated security
fundamentals that provide examples of Identity and Access Management (IAM) use that illustrate
the difference between on-premise (i.e. conventional) security and cloud-based security
implementation and Security Information and Event Management SIEM) an updated discussion of
data migration to the cloud a new chapter on data integrity cloud native computing the use
of microservice design patterns cloud automation using orchestrators and tools such as
Kubernetes a comparison of common public clouds (Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform and
Amazon AWS) and a future outlook for cloud computing. An indispensable guide to cloud
computing for the layperson Cloud Computing cuts through the technical jargon and details that
are irrelevant to nontechnologists as well as the marketing hype and explains clearly what
cloud computing is when to use it (and when not to) how to select a cloud service how to
integrate it with other technologies and what the best practices are for its adoption.
