M. Scott Kingsley

Cloud Technologies and Services (eBook, PDF)

Theoretical Concepts and Practical Applications

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides a thorough yet compact review of cloud technologies. It offers easy to understand explanations of the technical concepts underlying cloud services, platforms, and applications offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It presents cloud concepts at a depth that can be understood and applied by both technical and non-technical readers. Once that is accomplished the learner can then easily move toward more advanced topics. Or, they can use the knowledge gained from this book to obtain industry certifications and be competitive in this exciting industry.

Reader learning is enhanced with quizzes and exam questions and hands-on labs throughout the book with PowerPoint slides, instructor guide and additional labs online. All the tools needed for advancement to the level of cloud architect are found in this book.

The author has verified the success of this approach in his own academic environment with much success. He teaches Cloud Engineering and Advanced Cloud Engineering at Southern Methodist University. Both courses were developed in partnership with the AWS Academy, the education arm of the Amazon Web Services cloud platform. Using this methodology his students routinely take and pass cloud certification exams and obtain lucrative employment positions in the rapidly expanding cloud industry.

• Covers both the theoretical concepts of the practical application of currently used cloud technologies, services, and platforms;
• Includes in-depth coverage of the top public cloud providers services;
• Provides hands-on labs and case studies on actual cloud platforms and services.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 427
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031336690
• Artikelnr.: 69250121

Autorenporträt

Dr. M. Scott Kingsley has over 40 years' experience in the telecommunications, networking and IT industries. He earned a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Network Systems and a Doctor of Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the Center for Security Studies in Cybersecurity at the University of Maryland-University College. Employment history includes being a U.S. Navy veteran and mainstream telecommunications companies such as MCI, Alcatel and others where held numerous senior engineering positions. As a seasoned educator he has taught over 900 semester hours of undergraduate and graduate courses over more than thirty years. Teaching positions have included corporate, community college, and undergraduate and graduate university institutions. He has also been recognized as an advanced level instructor by the Cisco Networking Academy and holds certifications in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platforms. As a successful entrepreneur he founded and operated two companies. The first, TelOptica, Inc., that employed over one-hundred engineers to develop and market telecommunications software. Customers included Fujitsu, AT&T, Qwest, Verizon and others. The second was a services and consulting company that developed and implemented complex telecommunications solutions from Tier 1 network providers. Dr. Kingsley is currently the Program Director and faculty of the graduate Network Engineering program at Southern Methodist University where has implemented an innovative, industry relevant and practical curriculum as well as personally developed and taught a wide range of the program courses. He was awarded Professor of the Year in the Electrical Engineering department in both 2016 and 2018. The program was awarded the Program of the Year in both 2015 and 2018 as well as numerous Innovative Course awards for cloud technologies and services course by the Information and Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA) where he is also a board member and has held several executive positions. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He has many published papers and has presented at numerous conferences on networking technologies. He is also the author of a published book on advanced network design.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing.- Chapter 1. Cloud Computing Concepts.- Part 2: Cloud Networking.- Chapter 2. Basic Networking.- Chapter 3. Network Addressing and Protocols.- Chapter 4. Bringing It All Together.- Part 3: Public Cloud Providers.- Chapter 5. Well-Architected Framework.- Chapter 6. Amazon Web Services (AWS).- Chapter 7. Microsoft Azure.- Chapter 8. Google Cloud Platform (GCP).- Part 4: AWS, AZURE and GCP Labs.- Chapter 9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lab.- Chapter 10. Microsoft Azure Lab.- Chapter 11. Google Cloud Platform (GCP).- Part 5: Conclusion.- Chapter 12. Comparing AWS, Azure, and GCP.- Chapter 13. Cloud Certifications.- Chapter 14. Cloud Trends.