The Great Cloud Migration: Your Roadmap to Cloud Computing, Big Data and Linked Data

Daconta, Michael C.

ISBN 10: 147872255X / ISBN 13: 9781478722557

Published by Outskirts Press, 2013

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Title: The Great Cloud Migration: Your Roadmap to ...

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

- Learn how to migrate your applications to the cloud! - Learn how to overcome your senior management's concerns about Cloud Security and Interoperability! - Learn how to explain cloud computing, big data and linked data to your organization! - Learn how to develop a robust Cloud Implementation Strategy! - Learn how a Technical Cloud Broker can ease your migration to the cloud! This book will answer the key questions that every organization is asking about emerging technologies like Cloud Computing, Big Data and Linked Data. Written by a seasoned expert and author/co-author of 11 other technical books, this book deftly guides you with real-world experience, case studies, illustrative diagrams and in-depth analysis. * How do you migrate your software applications to the cloud? This book is your definitive guide to migrating applications to the cloud! It explains all the options, tradeoffs, challenges and obstacles to the migration. It provides a migration lifecycle and process you can follow to migrate each application. It provides in-depth case studies: an Infrastructure-as-a-Service case study and a Platform-as-a-Service case study. It covers the difference between application migration and data migration to the cloud and walks you through how to do both well. It covers migration to all the major cloud providers to include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google AppEngine and Microsoft Azure. * How do you develop a sound implementation strategy for the migration to the cloud? This book leverages Mr. Daconta's 25 years of leadership experience, from the Military to Corporate Executive teams to the Office of the CIO in the Department of Homeland Security, to guide you through the development of a practical and sound implementation strategy. The book's "Triple-A" Strategy: Assessment, Architecture then Action is must reading for every project lead and IT manager! * This book covers twenty migration scenarios! Application and data migration to the cloud

About the Author:

About the Author: Michael Daconta is the Vice President of Advanced Technology for InCadence Strategic Solutions, Inc. He is also an author, lecturer, and columnist, having authored or co-authored 11 other technical books, numerous magazine articles, and online columns. He's also the former Metadata Program Manager for the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Daconta has more than 25 years of development experience and has developed large-scale IT systems for an array of industries. He invented two patented technologies and is currently developing the Axon Cloud Channel, Technical Cloud Broker with a team of developers at InCadence Strategic Solutions, Inc. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from New York University. Mr. Daconta is also the author of Information As Product: How to Deliver the Right Information, To the Right Person, At the Right Time.