Cloud computing promises to fundamentally revolutionize enterprise IT systems across industries such as financial services, retail, telecom, government and education. Primarily intended for practising software architects, this book explains the evolution of the internet into a cloud computing platform and describes emerging development paradigms and technologies.

Preface; Part I. Computing Platforms: 1. Enterprise computing: a retrospective; 2. The internet as a platform; 3. Software as a service and cloud computing; 4. Enterprise architecture: role and evolution; Part II. Cloud Platforms: 5. Cloud computing platforms; 6. Cloud computing economics; Part III. Cloud Technologies: 7. Web services, AJAX and mashups; 8. Virtualization technology; 9. Multi-tenant software; Part IV. Cloud Development: 10. Data in the cloud; 11. MapReduce and extensions; 12. Dev 2.0 platforms; Part V. Software Architecture: 13. Enterprise software: ERP, SCM, CRM; 14. Custom enterprise applications and Dev 2.0; 15. Workflow and business processes; 16. Enterprise analytics and search; Part VI. Enterprise Cloud Computing: 17. Enterprise cloud computing ecosystem; 18. Roadmap for enterprise cloud computing; List of abbreviations; References; Index.

'Gautam Shroff's new book has arrived at a critical time and ably serves the computer professional wishing explore important new information technology. The past few years have seen an acceleration in the normally rapid pace of technological change. Cloud computing is becoming the new reality. It requires an understanding of virtualization and of the new systems designed to support massively parallel computation in the cloud: map-reduce, Hadoop, Hive, and many others. These techniques in turn make possible very large-scale enterprise analytics, using a variety of modern data-mining algorithms. In a succinct way, the author introduces us to all of these technologies and provides a unique perspective on today's IT infrastructure.' Jeffrey D. Ullman, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University'Clouds are usually associated with vapor, and are close cousins of fog and mist - Gautam's book is a huge step forward in bringing clarity and tangibility into this exciting next stage of evolution in enterprise IT. Gautam has a deep understanding of the cloud from the technology, customer requirement, service provider and innovator perspectives. I am glad he has translated this wealth of knowledge to the benefit of the greater technical community.' K. Ananth Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services