Bestselling cloud computing book updated to address Amazon Web Services crash

April 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Fourteen days after the book's initial publication, author Lars Nielsen and the editorial staff at New Street Communications have updated THE LITTLE BOOK OF CLOUD COMPUTING to include a new chapter - "The Amazon Crash of April 2011 and the Importance of the 'Design for Failure' Model" – thus becoming the first (and currently only) book on the market to address issues raised by the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) collapse.

Using an approach geared toward non-techies, noted systems developer Lars Nielsen explains the state-of-the-art (and the state of the industry) in Cloud Computing - that powerful approach to enterprise systems by which today's smart organizations cut costs while still having access to all the digital capacity they need.

In a concise 16,000 words, Nielsen describes tested, effective strategies for maximizing the latest Cloud Computing tools and economies, putting them to work for your organization. He also provides a vivid snapshot of the major industry players, surveys current trends in the cloud marketplace, and lays out vital issues of cloud security.

The book includes vital information on deeply discounted Microsoft Cloud programs for start-ups, and how to access free Cloud capacity powered by Google.


CONTENTS:

Introduction * The Basics * Technology and Business Fundamentals * Amazon Web Services (AWS) * IBM Cloud Services * Microsoft and the Cloud (Including BizSpark - Cloud on the Cheap for Small Startups) * Google and the Cloud (Including Google Apps - The Cloud for Free) * Red Hat * Cloud in a Box - The Pre-Fab Track to a Robust Private Cloud * Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle/Sun, Cisco, VMware and Other Players * Cloud Security, With Special Attention to the Roles of EMC, Intel and Microsoft * The Amazon Crash of April 2011 and the Importance of the "Design for Failure" Model


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lars Nielsen has more than thirty years experience as a systems developer and administrator for a host of Fortune 500 companies. He lives in Amsterdam.


Published April 2011 by New Street Communications, LLC
Amazon Kindle eBook (USA), $3.95
Amazon Kindle eBook (UK), £2.77 (VAT inclusive)


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