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Rene Buest is Gartner Analyst covering Infrastructure Services & Digital Operations. Prior to that he was Director of Technology Research at Arago, Senior Analyst and Cloud Practice Lead at Crisp Research, Principal Analyst at New Age Disruption and member of the worldwide Gigaom Research Analyst Network. Rene is considered as top cloud computing analyst in Germany and one of the worldwide top analysts in this area. In addition, he is one of the world’s top cloud computing influencers and belongs to the top 100 cloud computing experts on Twitter and Google+. Since the mid-90s he is focused on the strategic use of information technology in businesses and the IT impact on our society as well as disruptive technologies.
Rene Buest is the author of numerous professional technology articles. He regularly writes for well-known IT publications like Computerwoche, CIO Magazin, LANline as well as Silicon.de and is cited in German and international media – including New York Times, Forbes Magazin, Handelsblatt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche, Computerwoche, CIO, Manager Magazin and Harvard Business Manager. Furthermore Rene Buest is speaker and participant of experts rounds. He is founder of CloudUser.de and writes about cloud computing, IT infrastructure, technologies, management and strategies. He holds a diploma in computer engineering from the Hochschule Bremen (Dipl.-Informatiker (FH)) as well as a M.Sc. in IT-Management and Information Systems from the FHDW Paderborn.
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Titel: Cloud Computing Best Practice Specialist Guide for Storage Management and Platform as a service (PaaS): Understanding and Applying PaaS Solutions
Autor: Ivanka Menken, Gerard Blokdijk
Beschreibung:
„Platform as a service (PaaS) is the delivery of a computing platform and solution stack as a service. It facilitates deployment of applications without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers, providing all of the facilities required to support the complete life cycle of building and delivering web applications and services entirely available from the Internet – with no software downloads or installation for developers, IT managers or end-users.
PaaS offerings include workflow facilities for application design, application development, testing, deployment and hosting as well as application services such as team collaboration, web service integration and marshalling, database integration, security, scalability, storage, persistence, state management, application versioning, application instrumentation and developer community facilitation. These services are provisioned as an integrated solution over the web.
The primary goal of this book is to provide the quality education and support materials needed to enable the understanding and application of PaaS Platform and Storage Management in a wide range of contexts.
The PaaS Platform and Storage Management Certification Scheme has been created to support the IT Professional who needs to be a ’niche generalist‘, especially in a rapidly changing area like PaaS Platform and Storage Management.
This book Covers:
Filled with thought provoking questions to challenge your thinking and understanding, this book is your Real World Guide to PaaS Platform and Storage Management 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. Practice what you’ve learned with challenging PaaS Platform and Storage Management Specialist exam style questions.
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Bestellmöglichkeit: Amazon
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Ein Vorteil von Cloud Computing besteht in dem einfachen gegenseitigen Bereitstellen und Nutzen von IT Services. Die Herausforderung ist aber, die Voraussetzungen zu schaffen eine einzelne Cloud mit anderen Clouds zusammenarbeiten zu lassen. Dazu sollten die kollaborierenden IT-Systeme über dieselben Sicherheitsanforderungen und robusten Infrastrukturen verfügen, wie es aus traditionellen IT Umgebungen bekannt ist. Auf Grund der Offenheit, Flexibilität, Interoperabilität und einem verringerten Risiko bzgl. eines Vendor lock-in, ist Open Source dafür die geeignete Technologie. Das führt dazu, dass sich Open Source mit Cloud Computing verschmelzen wird und „Open Source Clouds“ in den nächsten Jahren zu einem großen Trend werden.
Es existieren bereits Cloud Computing Technologien auf Basis von Open Source, die ebenfalls schon eingesetzt werden. Diese möchte ich kurz vorstellen.
Damit sich Open Source Clouds durchsetzen, sind natürlich Standards notwendig. Darüber hinaus müssen sich ebenfalls Zuverlässigkeit und Sicherheit beweisen. Werden diese Herausforderungen gemeistert, befinden sich die Open Source Clouds auf einem guten Weg. Durch den Einsatz von Open Source können hier die Vorab-Investitionen minimiert werden. Zusätzlich behält jedes Unternehmen die vollständige Kontrolle über seine eigene Cloud, kann aber trotzdem die Infrastruktur durch shared Services von Public Clouds erweitern.
Titel: Cloud Computing Explained: Implementation Handbook for Enterprises
Autor: John Rhoton
Beschreibung:
„Cloud Computing Explained provides an overview of Cloud Computing in an enterprise environment. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm around cloud-based solutions and services as well as the cost-savings and flexibility that they can provide. It is imperative that all senior technologists have a solid understanding of the ramifications of cloud computing since its impact is likely to permeate the entire IT landscape. However, it is not trivial to introduce a fundamentally different service-delivery paradigm into an existing enterprise architecture. This book describes the benefits and challenges of Cloud Computing and then leads the reader through the process of assessing the suitability of a cloud-based approach for a given situation, calculating and justifying the investment that is required to transform the process or application, and then developing a solid design that considers the implementation as well as the ongoing operations and governance required to maintain the solution in a partially outsourced delivery model.“
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Titel: Cloud Computing Best Practice Guide: Strategies, Methods and Challenges To Managing Services in the Cloud
Autor: Ivanka Menken, Gerard Blokdijk
Beschreibung:
„This book is for business people who want to know how cloud computing will facilitate new breakthroughs in business innovation, how work gets done in organizations, how companies will interact with each other in value chains, and how management will change. If you are in some way responsible for the success of your company, you should read this book. If you are a CEO or CIO, you should definitely read this book.
Modern Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and IT managers are entering a new era of information technology, the era of the ‚cloud‘. While many critics claim that there is not a great deal that is actually new with the concept of cloud computing; few would deny the likelihood of it becoming a dominant force in years to come.
Regardless of which definition of cloud computing that you subscribe to (and there are many), the continual drive for increased cost-effectiveness, agility, quality and responsiveness will mean that no CIO can ignore exploring the business case for its potential adoption. Some may claim exemption due to real (or imagined) risks in security, privacy, visibility, availability or latency as reasons for their resistance. But like all technological revolutions, the marketplace and economy will eventually respond as the possibility of strategic disadvantage looms.
As with all practical and common sense approaches though, first consider the problem(s) that cloud computing offers may offer solutions to. While many vocal supporters praise the benefits that cloud computing models bring, fewer have clearly defined the actual problems that have been solved or reasoned why other possible alternatives were not as suitable. So before CIOs spend large amounts of time investigating the virtues of different vendor offerings, thought should be given as to why their current offerings and management practices may (or may not) be stifling business growth, productivity or profitability.
To help individuals navigate through these largely uncharted waters, Managing Services in the Cloud analyzes and explains the strategies, methods and challenges involved with the adoption and ongoing management of cloud computing models as part of their IT service provision.“
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Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) [1] stellt über einen Webservice eine Schnittstelle bereit, um darüber von überall aus eine unbegrenzte Menge an Daten zu speichern und diese wieder abzurufen.
In Amazon S3 sollen Daten preiswert und sicher gespeichert werden und darüber hinaus zu jeder Zeit verfügbar sein, wenn sie benötigt werden.
Folgenden Grundsätze für das Design von verteilten Systemen werden für Amazon S3 eingesetzt:
Alle Preise sind hier zu finden: Amazon S3 Preise
[1] Amazon S3
[2] Graphik: Amazon S3 (1)
[3] Graphik: Amazon S3 (2)
Titel: Dot Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform Built on Cloud Computing
Autor: Peter Fingar
Beschreibung:
„Shift happens. The unexpected matters. Remember how the retail book industry was slow to grasp an understanding of the Internet before it got “Amazoned?“ Well, here we go again, only this time the shift could be even greater, and it’s happening in the midst of economic turmoil. Right now, there’s something in the air, something really big. It’s so big that to many it’s hidden in plain sight. To others it’s as clear as seeing a cloud in the sky. In fact, that something is indeed the Cloud, the 21st century business platform.
Just as it was with that new-fangled “Internet“ thing a decade ago, the Cloud and the technologies of Cloud Computing suffer from confusion and hype. And pat definitions won’t do when it comes to understanding these two new buzzwords. But, as they are game-changing phenomena, business leaders–and the rest of us–must gain an understanding of what these terms really mean and how they will affect us, just as much as the Internet affected us all. In Dot.Cloud business strategy expert and former CIO, Peter Fingar, explains the main ideas of Cloud Computing in lay terms. Peter also does some old-fashioned reporting to bring together the ideas of the movers and shakers who are actively building the Cloud.
But this is not a technical book about Cloud Computing technologies; it’s a business book. It’s about what the Cloud portends for business … about transformation in the ways companies are managed … about business models for the 21st century. It’s about how companies carry out their work in the Cloud instead of office buildings and skyscrapers, and how they manage their business processes in the Cloud. It’s also about human interactions in the Cloud, and about the end of management and the rise of self-organizing, self-managed “Bioteams.“
Even more, it’s about unlocking human potential in business, about unleashing passion. All this points to your company’s future, and your future, set in the context of the biggest economic downturn since World War II. So ultimately, it’s about lighting a fire in you.
According to Jim Sinur, Vice President of Gartner, “To say that we are living in interesting times is an understatement, and Peter has captured the essence of how business will work going forward. Dot.Cloud is both visionary and realistic in that each of the pieces of the vision have working examples today, but not woven together like in this writing. The goal of the virtual business platform is not just a dream, but attainable once all the contributing pieces are brought together. Peter brings them together here in a way that will work under any number of situations, across just about any industry.“
Gregory Simpson, Chief Technology Officer of GE, remarked, “Dot.Cloud isn’t just about the Cloud; it’s really about embracing change in the workplace. It pulls together elements of Web 2.0, BPM and other dreaded three-letter acronyms, as well social and economic trends, to give you a vision for how harnessing the Cloud can transform the way your company works. Peter’s unique ability to pull all of these concepts together in an understandable fashion make this a business book for the future, and the future is now!““
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Titel: Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Autor: Adam Greenfield
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„Ubiquitous computing–almost imperceptible, but everywhere around us–is rapidly becoming a reality. How will it change us? how can we shape its emergence?
Smart buildings, smart furniture, smart clothing… even smart bathtubs. networked street signs and self-describing soda cans. Gestural interfaces like those seen in Minority Report. The RFID tags now embedded in everything from credit cards to the family pet.
All of these are facets of the ubiquitous computing author Adam Greenfield calls „everyware.“ In a series of brief, thoughtful meditations, Greenfield explains how everyware is already reshaping our lives, transforming our understanding of the cities we live in, the communities we belong to–and the way we see ourselves.“
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Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud) [1] ist ein Webservice für die Bereitstellung von hoch skalierbarer Rechnerkapazität und wurde entwickelt, um die Entwicklung von skalierbare Web-Anwendungen für Entwickler einfacher zu machen. Die angemietete Rechnerleistung befindet sich in den weltweit verteilten Rechenzentren von Amazon und kann über eine Webservice Schnittstelle vollständig konfiguriert und kontrolliert werden.
Durch das Hinzufügen und Starten von Serverinstanzen innerhalb von Minuten kann die verwendete Infrastruktur in kurzer Zeit je nach den aktuellen Anforderungen skaliert werden. Ist die Last hoch, werden mehr Instanzen hinzugefügt, nimmt die Last wieder ab, werden die nicht mehr benötigten Kapazitäten entfernt.
Da nur für die Ressourcen bezahlt wird, die auch tatsächlich verwendet werden, erhält man dadurch eine bessere Kosteneffizienz. Der Normalfall besteht in der Anschaffung eigener überdimensionierter Systeme, die im Gesamtdurchschnitt nur zu 20% ausgelastet sind. Die restlichen 80% werden nur während Spitzenlasten genutzt und verursachen sonst nur unnötige Kosten.
Die virtuelle Umgebung von Amazon EC2 wird mittels einer Webservice Schnittstelle angesprochen, über die auf Serverinstanzen mit einer vielzahl unterschiedlicher Betriebssysteme zugegriffen werden kann. Die Betriebssysteme können wie eigene „lokale“ Betriebssysteme mit Software erweitert und können ebenfalls mit Zugriffsberechtigungen konfiguriert werden.
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Eine einfache Vorgehensweise
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Amazon Elastic Block Store
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) dienen zur dauerhaften Speicherung der Amazon EC2-Instanzen. Neben aktiven können auch Instanzen gespeichert werden, die gerade nicht verwendet werden. Die Volumes können als Boot Partition für EC2-Instanzen verwendet werden oder direkt an eine bereits gestartete EC2-Instanz angeschlossen werden. Die EBS-Volumes werden automatisch in eine einfache Verfügbarkeitszone repliziert und ein Snapshot kann zusätzlich in Amazons S3 Dienst abgelegt werden. Dieser Snapshot wird dann über mehrere Verfügbarkeitszonen verteilt. Ein Snapshot kann, wenn gewünscht, als Ausgangspunkt für einen neuen Amazon EBS dienen.
Standard Instanzen
High-Memory Instanzen
High-CPU Instanzen
EC2 Prozessor: Ein EC2 Prozessor ist mit mit einem 1.0-1.2 GHz 2007 Opteron bzw. 2007 Xeon Prozessor vergleichbar.
Betriebssysteme
Folgende vorkonfigurierte Amazon Machine Images (AMI) stehen zur Verfügung:
Datenbanken
Batch-Verarbeitung
Web Hosting
Anwendungsentwicklung
Applikationserver
Video Encoding & Streaming
Alle Preise für
sind hier zu finden: Amazon EC2 Preise
[1] Amazon EC2
[2] Graphik: Amazon EC2 (1)
[3] Graphik: Amazon EC2 (2)