Cloud Without Compromise: Hybrid Cloud for the Enterprise, 1st Edition

.Many companies claim to have “gone to the cloud,” yet returns from their efforts are meager or worse. Why? Because they’ve defined cloud as a destination, not a capability. Using cloud as a single-vendor, one-stop destination is fiction; in practice, today’s organizations use a mosaic of capabilities across several vendors. Your cloud strategy needs to follow a hybrid multicloud model, one that delivers cloud’s value at destinations you choose. This practical guide provides business leaders and C-level executives with guidance and insights across a wide range of cloud-related topics, such as distributed cloud, microservices, and other open source solutions for strengthening operations. You’ll apply in-the-field best practices and lessons learned as you define your hybrid cloud strategy and drive your company’s transformation strategy. Learn cloud fundamentals and patterns, including basic concepts and history Get a framework for cloud acumen phases to value-plot your cloud future Know which questions to ask a cloud provider before you sign Discover potential pitfalls for everything from the true cost of a cloud solution to adopting open source the right wayCloud Without Compromise: Hybrid Cloud for the Enterprise 1st Edition is written by Paul Zikopoulos; Christopher Bienko; Chris Backer; Chris Konarski; Sai Vennam and published by O’Reilly Media. ISBNs for Cloud Without Compromise are 9781098103682, 1098103688 and the print ISBNs are 9781098103736, 1098103734. Additional ISBNs include 9781098103699, 9781098103705.