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Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online
Table of Contents
Copyright ..................................................................................................... 1
About the Author ........................................................................................ 3
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................... 3
We Want to Hear from You! ........................................................................ 4
Reader Services .......................................................................................... 4
Introduction ............................................................................................... 6
How This Book Is Organized ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Conventions Used in This Book ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Let Me Know What You Think ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Part I: Understanding Cloud Computing ................................................... 10
Chapter 1. Beyond the Desktop: An Introduction to Cloud Computing ....................................................................................... 12
Cloud Computing: What It Is—and What It Isn’t ..................................................................................................................... 13
From Collaboration to the Cloud: A Short History of Cloud Computing ................................................................................. 16
The Network Is the Computer: How Cloud Computing Works
Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online
Table of Contents
Copyright ..................................................................................................... 1
About the Author ........................................................................................ 3
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................... 3
We Want to Hear from You! ........................................................................ 4
Reader Services .......................................................................................... 4
Introduction ............................................................................................... 6
How This Book Is Organized ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Conventions Used in This Book ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Let Me Know What You Think ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Part I: Understanding Cloud Computing ................................................... 10
Chapter 1. Beyond the Desktop: An Introduction to Cloud Computing ....................................................................................... 12
Cloud Computing: What It Is—and What It Isn’t ..................................................................................................................... 13
From Collaboration to the Cloud: A Short History of Cloud Computing ................................................................................. 16
The Network Is the Computer: How Cloud Computing Works