Overview
“In this book, David Linthicum does that rarest of things: he manages to combine showing why SOA and Cloud Computing complement one another with a lucid game plan of how a business can take advantage of the synergies between them in concrete ways that will contribute to the bottom line.” —Jeremy Geelan Conference Chair, Cloud Computing Conference and Expo series Sr. VP, SYS-CON Media and Events Massive, disruptive change is coming to IT as Software as a Service (SaaS), SOA, mashups, Web 2.0, and cloud computing truly come of age. Now, one of the world’s leading IT innovators explains what it all means—coherently, thoroughly, and authoritatively. Writing for IT executives, architects, and developers alike, world-renowned expert David S. Linthicum explains why the days of managing IT organizations as private fortresses will rapidly disappear as IT inevitably becomes a global community. He demonstrates how to run IT when critical elements of customer, product, and business data and processes extend far beyond the firewall—and how to use all that information to deliver real-time answers about everything from an individual customer’s credit to the location of a specific cargo container. Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise offers a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges associated with this new world—and offers a step-by-step program for getting there with maximum return on investment and minimum risk. Using multiple examples, Linthicum: Reviews the powerful cost, value, and risk-related drivers behind the move to cloud computing—and explains why the shift will accelerate Explains the technical underpinnings, supporting technologies, and best-practice methods you’ll need to make the transition Helps you objectively assess the promise of SaaS, Web 2.0, and SOA for your organization, quantify value, and make the business case Walks you through evaluating your existing IT infrastructure and finding your most cost-effective, safest path to the “cloud” Shows how to choose the right candidate data, services, and processes for your cloud computing initiatives Guides you through building disruptive infrastructure and next-generation process platforms Helps you bring effective, high-value governance to the clouds If you’re ready to begin driving real competitive advantage from cloud computing, this book is the start-to-finish roadmap you need to make it happen.
Full Product Details
Author: David S. Linthicum
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
Imprint: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 17.60cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780136009221
ISBN 10: 0136009220
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 08 October 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock 
Table of Contents
Preface xv Acknowledgments xxi About the Author xxiii Chapter 1: Where We Are, How We Got Here, and How to Fix It 1 How Things Got Off Track 2 SOA to the Rescue? 4 What the Heck Is SOA, and Why Should I Care? 5 SOA Meets Cloud Computing 7 Defining Cloud Computing 9 The Components of Cloud Computing 11 The Dream Team of Cloud Computing and SOA 14 What SOA Can Learn from Cloud Computing 15 What Cloud Computing Can Learn from SOA 16 Making the Leap 17 Being Positively Disruptive 18 Chapter 2: Reaching for the Clouds 21 Diving Deeper into Cloud Computing 22 What’s New in the Clouds? 25 The Potential Value of the Clouds 28 Cloud Computing Benefits and Drawbacks 28 When the Cloud Fits 33 Doing Something Different 35 Chapter 3: Defining the Clouds for the Enterprise 37 Storage-as-a-Service 39 Database-as-a-Service 41 Information-as-a-Service 43 Process-as-a-Service 48 Application-as-a-Service 51 Platform-as-a-Service 53 Integration-as-a-Service 55 Security-as-a-Service 56 Management/Governance-as-a-Service 57 Testing-as-a-Service 57 Infrastructure-as-a-Service 58 Next Steps 58 Chapter 4: Making the Business Case for Clouds 61 Defining the Holistic Value 62 It Is All about the Business 79 Chapter 5: Working from Your Data to the Clouds 81 Old or New? 82 Data First 84 Selecting a Problem Domain 87 Defining the Information Model 87 Building the Information Model 103 Importance of Data with SOA Using Cloud Computing 105 Chapter 6: Working from Your Services to the Clouds 107 Services Provide the Moving Parts 112 What Is a Service? 116 Understanding Coupling for the Clouds 118 Are You Loosely Coupled? 120 Defining Metaservices 121 Creating the Services Directory 122 The Need for a Service-Level Understanding 126 Chapter 7: Working from Your Processes to the Clouds 127 What Is BPM? 128 Bringing Process to the Clouds 131 Defining Processes 133 SOA, Agility, and Processes 136 Value of BPM for the Clouds 139 Drilling Down on BPM 142 BPM and Cloud Computing 143 Chapter 8: Bringing Governance to the Clouds 145 People and Processes 148 Governance for the Clouds 149 Creating the Governance Model 153 Governance Technology 158 The Value of Service Governance 160 Chapter 9: Testing from SOA to the Clouds 163 Why We Need a New Take on Testing 164 Testing from the Enterprise to the Clouds and Back 165 Creating a Test Plan 173 Black Box Cloud Testing 174 Testing Is Important 177 Chapter 10: Defining Candidate Data, Services, and Processes for the Clouds 179 Where Are the Applications? 180 When Cloud Computing Fits 184 When the Applications and/or Services Are New 193 Jumping to the Clouds 194 Chapter 11: Making the Move to Cloud Computing 197 Selecting Platforms 198 The Process of Moving to the Clouds 203 Analyze and Test Candidate Platforms 209 Select Target Platforms 210 Deploy to Target Platforms 211 What about Private Clouds? 213 New “Cloudy” Platforms 215 Chapter 12: Moving Onward 217 Index 231
Reviews
Praise for Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise Cloud computing is a hot topic today in business circles for its potential to transform IT service delivery and galvanize service-oriented architecture. David Linthicum is one of the foremost authorities in the strategic application of technology to business, and this book is required reading for those looking to reap the rewards of cloud computing in the enterprise. --Dion Hinchcliffe Enterprise Web 2.0 Expert and ZDNet blogger, President/CTO of Hinchcliffe & Company In this book, David Linthicum does that rarest of things: He manages to combine showing why SOA and cloud computing complement one another with a lucid game plan of how a business can take advantage of the synergies between them in concrete ways that will contribute to the bottom line. --Jeremy Geelan Conference Chair, Cloud Computing Conference and Expo Series, Senior Vice President, SYS-CON Media & Events This book cuts through all of the hype and confusion of cloud computing and brings us back to the basics of architecture. Finally, someone wrote a book that is not just about semantics but instead guides us through a methodical approach for delivering solutions in the cloud. I highly recommend this book! --Mike Kavis Chief Technology Officer of MDot, Vice President and Director of Social Technologies for CAEAP David Linthicum has a talent for explaining how technology issues impact business decisions and strategy. Linthicum never gives you just another technical discussion about the latest tech fad. Instead, he explains the technology and the relevant business issues that both business and IT audiences need to understand before investing in cloud computing. --Loraine Lawson Award-winning journalist and blogger for IT Business Edge As cloud computing stokes the embers of the SOA hype, practitioners can count on pragmatic and opportunistic advice from Dave Linthicum. Cloud computing brings time-to-value to SOA by leveraging other people's work. In this excellent guide book, Dave shares a step-by-step plan for organizations to determine which of their services, information, and processes are good candidates to reside in, and come from, the clouds. --Brenda M. Michelson Principal, Elemental Links
Praise for Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise Cloud computing is a hot topic today in business circles for its potential to transform IT service delivery and galvanize service-oriented architecture. David Linthicum is one of the foremost authorities in the strategic application of technology to business, and this book is required reading for those looking to reap the rewards of cloud computing in the enterprise. --Dion Hinchcliffe Enterprise Web 2.0 Expert and ZDNet blogger, President/CTO of Hinchcliffe & Company In this book, David Linthicum does that rarest of things: He manages to combine showing why SOA and cloud computing complement one another with a lucid game plan of how a business can take advantage of the synergies between them in concrete ways that will contribute to the bottom line. --Jeremy Geelan Conference Chair, Cloud Computing Conference and Expo Series, Senior Vice President, SYS-CON Media & Events This book cuts through all of the hype and confusion of cloud computing and brings us back to the basics of architecture. Finally, someone wrote a book that is not just about semantics but instead guides us through a methodical approach for delivering solutions in the cloud. I highly recommend this book! --Mike Kavis Chief Technology Officer of MDot, Vice President and Director of Social Technologies for CAEAP David Linthicum has a talent for explaining how technology issues impact business decisions and strategy. Linthicum never gives you just another technical discussion about the latest tech fad. Instead, he explains the technology and the relevant business issues that both business and IT audiences need to understand before investing in cloud computing. --Loraine Lawson Award-winning journalist and blogger for IT Business Edge As cloud computing stokes the embers of the SOA hype, practitioners can count on pragmatic and opportunistic advice from Dave Linthicum. Cloud computing brings time-to-value to SOA by leveraging other people's work. In this excellent guide book, Dave shares a step-by-step plan for organizations to determine which of their services, information, and processes are good candidates to reside in, and come from, the clouds. --Brenda M. Michelson Principal, Elemental Links
Author Information
David S. Linthicum (Dave) knows cloud computing and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He is an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader and the author and coauthor of thirteen books on computing, including the best-selling Enterprise Application Integration (Addison-Wesley). Dave keynotes at many leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, Web 2.0, and enterprise architecture, and he has appeared on a number of television and radio shows as a computing expert. He is a blogger for InfoWorld, Intelligent Enterprise, and eBizq.net, covering SOA and enterprise computing topics. Dave also has columns in Government Computer News,Cloud Computing Journal, SOA Journal, and Align Journal, and is the editor of Virtualization Journal. In his career, Dave has formed or enhanced many of the ideas behind modern distributed computing, including enterprise application integration, B2B application integration, and SOA, all of which are approaches and technologies in wide use today. For the last ten years, Dave has focused on the technology and strategies around cloud computing and how to make cloud computing work for the modern enterprise. This includes work with several cloud computing startups. Dave’s industry experience includes tenure as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. In addition, he was an associate professor of computer science for eight years and continues to lecture at major technical colleges and universities, including the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, and the University of Wisconsin.
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