Innovations in cloud and service-oriented architectures continue to attract attention by offering interesting opportunities for research in scientific communities. Although advancements such as computational power, storage, networking, and infrastructure have aided in making major progress in the implementation and realization of cloud-based systems, there are still significant concerns that need to be taken into account. Principles, Methodologies, and Service-Oriented Approaches for Cloud Computing aims to present insight into Cloud principles, examine associated methods and technologies, and investigate the use of service-oriented computing technologies. In addressing supporting infrastructure of the Cloud, including associated challenges and pressing issues, this reference source aims to present researchers, engineers, and IT professionals with various approaches in Cloud computing.

This book investigates the use of service-oriented computing technologies in addressing supporting infrastructure of the cloud, including new challenges in modeling and simulation

This book describes the landscape of cloud computing from first principles, leading the reader step-by-step through the process of building and configuring a cloud environment. The book not only considers the technologies for designing and creating cloud computing platforms, but also the business models and frameworks in real-world implementation of cloud platforms. Emphasis is placed on “learning by doing,” and readers are encouraged to experiment with a range of different tools and approaches. Topics and features: includes review questions, hands-on exercises, study activities and discussion topics throughout the text; demonstrates the approaches used to build cloud computing infrastructures; reviews the social, economic, and political aspects of the on-going growth in cloud computing use; discusses legal and security concerns in cloud computing; examines techniques for the appraisal of financial investment into cloud computing; identifies areas for further research within this rapidly-moving field.

Interesting, timely, and above all, useful, Savvy Guides give IT managers the information they need to effectively manage their technologists, as well as conscientiously inform business decision makers, in the midst of technological revolution.

Software services are established as a programming concept, but their impact on the overall architecture of enterprise IT and business operations is not well-understood. This has led to problems in deploying SOA, and some disillusionment. The SOA Source Book adds to this a collection of reference material for SOA. It is an invaluable resource for enterprise architects working with SOA.The SOA Source Book will help enterprise architects to use SOA effectively. It explains: What SOA is How to evaluate SOA features in business terms How to model SOA How to use The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF ) for SOA SOA governance This book explains how TOGAF can help to make an Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise Architecture is an approach that can help management to understand this growing complexity.

The Top-Selling, De Facto Guide to SOA--Now Updated with New Content and Coverage of Microservices! For more than a decade, Thomas Erl’s best-selling Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design has been the definitive end-to-end tutorial on SOA, service-orientation, and service technologies. Now, Erl has thoroughly updated the industry’s de facto guide to SOA to reflect new practices, technologies, and strategies that have emerged through hard-won experience and creative innovation. This Second Edition officially introduces microservices and micro task abstraction as part of service-oriented architecture and its associated service layers. Updated case study examples and illustrations further explain and position the microservice model alongside and in relation to more traditional types of services. Coverage includes: • Easy-to-understand, plain English explanations of SOA and service-orientation fundamentals (as compiled from series titles) • Microservices, micro task abstraction, and containerization • Service delivery lifecycle and associated phases • Analysis and conceptualization of services and microservices • Service API design with REST services, web services, and microservices • Modern service API and contract versioning techniques for web services and REST services • Up-to-date appendices with service-orientation principles, REST constraints, and SOA patterns (including three new patterns) Service-Oriented Architecture: Analysis and Design for Services and Microservices, Second Edition, will be indispensable to application architects, enterprise architects, software developers, and any IT professionals interested in learning about or responsible for designing or implementing modern-day, service-oriented solutions. Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Case Study Backgrounds Part I: Fundamentals Chapter 3: Understanding Service-Orientation Chapter 4: Understanding SOA Chapter 5: Understanding Layers with Services and Microservices Part II: Service-Oriented Analysis and Design Chapter 6: Analysis and Modeling with Web Services and Microservices Chapter 7: Analysis and Modeling with REST Services and Microservices Chapter 8: Service API and Contract Design with Web Services Chapter 9: Service API and Contract Design with REST Services and Microservices Chapter 10: Service API and Contract Versioning with Web Services and REST Services Part III: Appendices Appendix A: Service-Orientation Principles Reference Appendix B: REST Constraints Reference Appendix C: SOA Design Patterns Reference Appendix D: The Annotated SOA Manifesto