Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications - Hardcover

Bauer, Eric; Adams, Randee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118763297 ISBN 13: 9781118763292

Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book explains why applications running on cloud might not deliver the same service reliability, availability, latency and overall quality to end users as they do when the applications are running on traditional (non-virtualized, non-cloud) configurations, and explains what can be done to mitigate that risk.

About this title

About the Author

ERIC BAUER, MS, is Reliability Engineering Manager in the IP Platforms CTO of Alcatel-Lucent. The holder of more than a dozen U.S. patents, Mr. Bauer is the author or coauthor of Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing, Beyond Redundancy: How Geographic Redundancy Can Improve Service Availability and Reliability of Computer-Based Systems, Design for Reliability: Information and Computer-Based Systems, and Practical System Reliability.

RANDEE ADAMS, MS, is a Consulting Member of the Technical Staff in the IP Platforms CTO of Alcatel-Lucent. She is the coauthor of Beyond Redundancy: How Geographic Redundancy Can Improve Service Availability and Reliability of Computer-Based Systems and Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing. Ms. Adams has worked on many projects, including software development, delivery, engineering, architecture, and design.

From the Back Cover

Learn how to make the most of cloud computing infrastructures

We expect that software applications and services delivered via cloud computing infrastructures will deliver the same level of service quality, reliability, and availability as they do when running on traditional native hardware configurations. Cloud computing infrastructures, however, introduce many potential service impairment risks based on their virtualized computing, memory, storage, and networking resources. As a result, cloud-based application developers must learn to mitigate these impairments to ensure acceptable service delivered to end users.

Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications methodically analyzes the effect of cloud infrastructure impairments on services delivered to end users as well as the opportunities to improve service afforded by the cloud. The book recommends cloud architectures, policies, and techniques to maximize the ability of providing superior service.

Expertly written and organized, this book is divided into three parts:

• Part I: Context sets the foundation with discussion of application service quality, the cloud model, and virtualized infrastructure impairments.
• Part II: Analysis methodically considers how application service is affected by infrastructure impairments.
• Part III: Recommendations sets forth strategies and techniques to mitigate or eliminate the service quality risks and impairments of both current cloud-based applications and those in development.

An extensive list of references at the end of the book enables readers to explore individual topics in greater depth.

With its expert advice on architecting and engineering cloud-based applications, Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications makes it possible for application architects, developers, and testers to meet their customers’ and end users’ needs and expectations.

From the Inside Flap

Learn how to make the most of cloud computing infrastructures

We expect that software applications and services delivered via cloud computing infrastructures will deliver the same level of service quality, reliability, and availability as they do when running on traditional native hardware configurations. Cloud computing infrastructures, however, introduce many potential service impairment risks based on their virtualized computing, memory, storage, and networking resources. As a result, cloud-based application developers must learn to mitigate these impairments to ensure acceptable service delivered to end users.

Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications methodically analyzes the effect of cloud infrastructure impairments on services delivered to end users as well as the opportunities to improve service afforded by the cloud. The book recommends cloud architectures, policies, and techniques to maximize the ability of providing superior service.

Expertly written and organized, this book is divided into three parts:

• Part I: Context sets the foundation with discussion of application service quality, the cloud model, and virtualized infrastructure impairments.
• Part II: Analysis methodically considers how application service is affected by infrastructure impairments.
• Part III: Recommendations sets forth strategies and techniques to mitigate or eliminate the service quality risks and impairments of both current cloud-based applications and those in development.

An extensive list of references at the end of the book enables readers to explore individual topics in greater depth.

With its expert advice on architecting and engineering cloud-based applications, Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications makes it possible for application architects, developers, and testers to meet their customers’ and end users’ needs and expectations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118763297
• ISBN 13: 9781118763292
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344