You're reading from AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies

Product type Book

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611425

Pages 358 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (3):

Ashish Prajapati

Juan Carlos Ruiz

Marco Tamassia

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Cloud Infrastructure and Core Services

2. Chapter 1: Understanding Cloud Computing – Demystifying the Cloud

3. Chapter 2: Global Infrastructure behind Cloud Platforms – What Is the Cloud Made of?

4. Chapter 3: Computing – In Cloud We Trust, Everything Else We Compute

5. Chapter 4: Storage – Where Should I Keep My Data and Maybe Publish It?

6. Chapter 5: Networking – So, How Do I Get Inside, Outside, and Across the Cloud?

7. Part 2: Platform Services

8. Chapter 6: Databases – To SQL or Not to SQL for So Many Records…

9. Chapter 7: Identity and Access Management – Who Am I and What Can I Do?

10. Chapter 8: Monitoring – Is Big Brother Watching?

11. Chapter 9: Scalability – I Scale to the Moon and Back

12. Part 3: Application Services

13. Chapter 10: Automation – Look, My Infrastructure Is in Code!

14. Chapter 11: Decoupled Architectures – in Space and Time

15. Chapter 12: Containers – Contain Yourself and Ship Some Containers

16. Chapter 13: Serverless – So, Where Are My Servers?

17. Chapter 14: Caching – Microseconds Latency: Why Are We Always in a Rush?

18. Chapter 15: Blockchain – Who Watches the Watchmen?

19. Chapter 16: What the Future Holds

20. Index

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