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AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies

By : Ashish Prajapati, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Marco Tamassia
Book Image

AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies

By: Ashish Prajapati, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Marco Tamassia

Overview of this book

This book makes understanding cloud computing easy by providing relatable examples that simplify the complex technology. By drawing parallels between cloud concepts and everyday scenarios, we will demystify cloud tech, and once you start to understand it, learning cloud computing will be more enjoyable. This book will help you learn about cloud computing in general and AWS specifically, as you follow the journey of TrendyCorp—a fictitious company gearing up to move from traditional IT to cloud computing. You’ll shape your understanding of the cloud through scenarios of interactions between TrendyCorp’s new hires, seasoned IT professionals, external consultants, and the board of directors engaged in modernizing their applications. These characters’ discussions and actions are focused on learning about cloud services by drawing comparisons between the technology and examples taken from real life. Through this book, you’ll realize that cloud computing concepts have more in common with your day-to-day scenarios and situations than you’ve ever imagined. This book offers a conversational and entertaining narrative that anyone working in IT and looking to understand how the cloud works will be able to follow. By the end of it, you’ll have developed a clear and simplified perspective of cloud technologies.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Cloud Infrastructure and Core Services
7
Part 2: Platform Services
12
Part 3: Application Services

Understanding virtualization and hypervisors

After 10 minutes, Alex calls Berta, Raj, and Charles into the meeting room. Harold is already there and is standing next to a whiteboard. Alex feels like he is entering a classroom and Harold is going to deliver a very complex lecture.

Harold: So, you all have read the email, and I assume you are clear on the task.

Berta: I understand what is expected, but I am not really sure how to achieve it.

Harold: And that’s why we are having this meeting. I am sure that everyone understands that running a server on the cloud is not going to involve any physical racking, stacking of servers, or laying out network cables. As per the little knowledge I have gained in the last few days, it is all going to be virtual—virtual servers, virtual networks, virtual storage, and so on.

Alex: Can you explain a bit about virtualization so that...