Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

Table of Contents

1. Prologue
2. What is Cloud Computing?
3. Governance and Change Management
4. Design Considerations
5. Business Drivers, Metrics and Use Cases
6. Architecture Executive Decisions
7. Architecting for Transition
8. Basic Cloud Architectures
9. Solution Reference Architectures
10. Cloud Environment Key Tenets and Virtualization
11. Cloud Clients and Key Cloud Services
12. Operational Requirements
13. CSP Performance
14. Cloud Application Development
15. Data Security
16. Application Security
17. Risk Management and Business Continuity
18. Hand-On Lab - Basic Cloud Design (Single Server)
19. Hands-On Lab - Advanced Cloud Design Insight
20. Hands-On Lab 3 – Optimizing Current State (12 months later)
21. Cloud Architecture Lessons Learned
22. Epilogue