Cloud Reference Architecture

In the previous chapter, you were introduced to the most relevant cloud computing characteristics and concepts with regard to cloud service models, cloud deployment models, and the different types of stakeholders in cloud computing. In this chapter, you will learn about the different types of cloud service capabilities that cloud service providers offer to their clients to meet their business requirements, along with getting an overview of the key service models—Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service—and how they map to cloud capabilities.

You will then move on to the five different cloud deployment models and learn how responsibility shifts between the cloud service provider and the cloud service customer depending on the cloud deployment model and cloud services categories in use. The focus will then move to a review of shared considerations for cloud deployments, and an overview of new and emerging...