Cloud computing: An introduction and overview

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Cloud computing has hit the IT industry like a fast moving spring storm. It is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. You don't need to have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports the resources. Cloud Computing incorporates many concepts such as Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS), Software as a Service (SAAS), and Web 2.0 with a common reliance on Internet technologies.

Audience

IT professionals, application and Web developers, architects, database developers, academics

Objectives

• Learn more about Cloud computing basics.
  
  
• Understand the business and technology drivers behind Cloud computing.
  
  
• Get an overview of Cloud components: Public vs private Clouds and how they are used.
  
  
• Hear discussions on Cloud technologies and architecture, such as Web 2.0, Web services, and SaaS.
  

Duration

Half day

Resources

• Check out developerWorks blogs and get involved in the developerWorks community.
  
  
• Download IBM product evaluation versions or explore the online trials in the IBM SOA Sandbox and get your hands on application development tools and middleware products from DB2®, Lotus®, Rational®, Tivoli®, and WebSphere®.

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