Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide

Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise offers a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges associated with this new world—and offers a step-by-step program for getting there with maximum return on investment and minimum risk. Using multiple examples, Linthicum:

• Reviews the powerful cost, value, and risk-related drivers behind the move to cloud computing—and explains why the shift will accelerate
• Explains the technical underpinnings, supporting technologies, and best-practice methods you’ll need to make the transition

• Helps you objectively assess the promise of SaaS, Web 2.0, and SOA for your organization, quantify value, and make the business case
• Walks you through evaluating your existing IT infrastructure and finding your most cost-effective, safest path to the “cloud”
• Shows how to choose the right candidate data, services, and processes for your cloud computing initiatives
• Guides you through building disruptive infrastructure and next-generation process platforms
• Helps you bring effective, high-value governance to the clouds

If you’re ready to begin driving real competitive advantage from cloud computing, this book is the start-to-finish roadmap you need to make it happen.

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