Description
NOTE: Although we are keeping the 2013 edition of this book "in print" for those who might want it, the new, much-expanded (to 29,000 words) 2014 edition is available as of November 16, 2013. The book has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date with the latest industry developments, and also to address reader comments and suggestions for improvement and broadening of coverage. Expansion includes an elegant and user-friendly introduction to Hadoop for Big Data. Price has not changed.
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Here it is ... the bestseller now revised and expanded to reveal the most important Cloud innovations for 2013, including key Big Data tools from Amazon, IBM, Google, Microsoft and many other industry leaders.
This concise, jargon-free volume fully explains the state-of-the-art (and the state of the industry) in Cloud Computing.
Using a completely user-friendly approach that assumes no prior knowledge, noted systems developer Lars Nielsen describes the most vital fundamentals of Cloud Computing - that powerful approach to enterprise systems by which today's smart organizations cut costs while still maintaining access to all the digital capacity they need.
Nielsen explains 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.
This new edition incorporates coverage of Amazon Elastic MapReduce and PowerShell, Google BigQuery and Google SQL, IBM Platform Symphony, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Big Data, Microsoft's HDInsight, and much more.
CONTENTS: Introduction * The Basics * Technology and Business Fundamentals * Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Including Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR), RedShift - a Data Warehouse Solution Bringing Analyti
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Here it is ... the bestseller now revised and expanded to reveal the most important Cloud innovations for 2013, including key Big Data tools from Amazon, IBM, Google, Microsoft and many other industry leaders.
This concise, jargon-free volume fully explains the state-of-the-art (and the state of the industry) in Cloud Computing.
Using a completely user-friendly approach that assumes no prior knowledge, noted systems developer Lars Nielsen describes the most vital fundamentals of Cloud Computing - that powerful approach to enterprise systems by which today's smart organizations cut costs while still maintaining access to all the digital capacity they need.
Nielsen explains 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.
This new edition incorporates coverage of Amazon Elastic MapReduce and PowerShell, Google BigQuery and Google SQL, IBM Platform Symphony, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Big Data, Microsoft's HDInsight, and much more.
CONTENTS: Introduction * The Basics * Technology and Business Fundamentals * Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Including Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR), RedShift - a Data Warehouse Solution Bringing Analyti