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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

Summary

All the team is gathering around the coffee machine. They have enjoyed all the presentations done during the day but are starting to feel tired. Too many concepts packed into a single day. Suddenly, Gloria joins them with a great smile on her face.

Gloria: Okay, folks, it seems you have done an amazing job so far – you know now the foundational aspects of cloud computing, you’ve learned the global infrastructure provided by our cloud vendor, and you demonstrated that you were able to deal with the main compute and storage resources that this cloud provider… er, provides. Am I right? Does anyone want to add something?

Harold: We have already studied networking in the AWS cloud as well. I think the team now knows about the networking basics, especially about services, features, configuration, and security. We also know how to secure what we have already built.

Gloria: Oh, amazing...