Utility Computing Technologies, Standards, And Strategies
Providing expert guidance on integrating utility computing within an organization, this timely, easy-to-understand resource offers a unified view of this increasingly important service provisioning model. Cutting through the marketing hype the book clearly explains the rationale behind utility computing strategies from major vendors, sucha as IBM, HP, and SUN. Professionals find detailed presentations of key technologies behind utility computing and how they can be implemented and adapted within today’s service-oriented organization environment, the nitty-gritty of enterprise application architecture and how independent software vendors can turn licensed applications into software as a service applications, real-world case studies that show how utility computing transcends different industries, and a wide range of utility computing solutions, to help professionals choose the options that are best suited totheir organizations.