Contents
Chapter 1 Cloud as We Know It Today
A Brief History of Cloud Computing
IT Service Architectures and Models
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
An Overview of Network and Server Virtualization
An Introduction to Network and Server Virtualization
Storage Virtualization and Storage Area Network (SAN)
Transitioning from Server Virtualization to Network Virtualization
The Evolution of Cloud Computing to the Intercloud
The Five Characteristics of Cloud Computing
The Network as the Platform in Cloud Computing
Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds
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