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Creating the Infrastructure for Cloud Computing      Creating the Infrastructure for Cloud Computing
An Essential Handbook for IT Professionals
By Enrique Castro-Leon, Bernard Golden and Miguel Gomez
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Available Q3 2010

Written for the professional IT engineer "Creating the Infrastructure for Enterprise Cloud Computing" is a hands on must-have guide to the theory, practice and implementation of Virtual Service Grids. The book is organized into separate sections that focus on: Virtualization & Cloud technology, General Architecture, Solution Architecture and Reference Implementations. This structure allows the reader to quickly access the information needed to plan and implement a cloud computing project.

Customer Comments
"The authors appear to have leveraged Intel's latest nanoscale fabrication technology to achieve unprecedented density of ideas, information, and insight into the theory and practice of cloud computing. In a balanced treatment richly detailed with case studies, process charts, screen captures, and quantitative engineering data, they bring the cloud—which is still hazy to some—to life."

- Joe Weinman, Vice President, Strategic and Business Development, AT&T

"Creating the Infrastructure for Cloud Computing provides deep insight into building an energy-efficient internal cloud. Whether you are just getting started or already running a cloud environment, this book is a valuable tool for understanding cloud models and their impact on power and cooling through real world examples and test data that demonstrate the cost savings that can be achieved through power optimization."

- Jason Lochhead, Vice President, Software Development & CTO Cloud Computing, Terremark Worldwide

"Cloud Computing will provide the next major step of operational efficiency for organizations small and large. The authors take a close look at why cloud computing is something every IT manager and developer should be cognizant of and—most importantly, they look at how the barriers to innovation are removed when organizations move to the cloud, making it possible for their rates of innovation to speed dramatically."

- Chris Pinkham, CEO of Nimbula, a cloud infrastructure software company

"If you're looking to move into the Cloud then you need to understand what really powers it under the covers. This book gives you a great insight into Cloud infrastructure requirements and related complexities—don't go Cloud without it."

- Chris South, CEO, Black Swan Group
About the Authors

Enrique Castro-Leon is an enterprise and data center architect and technology strategist for Intel Digital Enterprise Group working in OS design and architecture, software engineering, high-performance computing, platform definition, and business development. His work involves matching emerging technologies with innovative business models in developed and emerging markets. In this capacity he has served as a consultant for corporations large and small, nonprofits and governmental organizations on issues of technology and data center planning.

He has taken roles as visionary, solution architect, project manager, and has undertaken the technical execution in advanced proof of concept projects with corporate end users and inside Intel illustrating the use of emerging technologies. He has published over 40 articles, conference papers, and white papers on technology strategy and management as well as SOA and Web services. He holds PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Purdue University.

Bernard Golden has been called a "cloud guru." He is the CEO of HyperStratus, a Silicon Valley cloud computing consultancy which works with clients in the U.S. and throughout the world. The firm's clients include Sensato Capital, Sun Microsystems, and the Silicon Valley Education Foundation. HyperStratus provides services in the areas of application security, system architecture and design, and TCO analysis.

Bernard is the Cloud Computing Advisor for CIO Magazine. His blog has been called "brilliant and incisive" and is read by tens of thousands of people each month. The blog's influence was recognized when it was named a "Top 25 Cloud Computing Blog" by CloudTP. Bernard's writings on cloud computing have also been published by the New York Times and the Harvard Business Review.

Bernard is the author or co-author of three books on virtualization and cloud computing, including Virtualization for Dummies, the most popular book on the subject ever published. Bernard is a popular and engaging presenter, and has keynoted conferences from Moscow to Peru.

Miguel Gómez is a Technology Specialist for the Networks and Service Platforms Unit of Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, working on innovation and technological consultancy projects related to the transformation and evolution of telecommunications services infrastructure. He has published over 20 articles and conference papers on next-generation service provisioning infrastructures and service infrastructure management. He holds PhD and MS degrees in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
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