InfoWorld's experts demystify one of the most critical trends in enterprise IT today and help you deploy it right!

Get the full scoop on the emerging cloud computing platforms that promise to transform how enterprise datacenters and critical resources are sourced and deployed in this 21-page report by InfoWorld's editors and contributors.

About Cloud Computing Deep Dive

• This 21-page PDF report provides the following benefits:
• Exclusive book excerpt from Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Critical deployment issues explained, including how to distinguish among different cloud technologies and choose the ones that fit your needs.
• Hands-on evaluation of the major cloud platforms from the InfoWorld Test Center.

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Deep Dive Articles
EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT
Selecting the Right Cloud. 2
CONTEXT
What Cloud Computing Really Is. 10
The 9 Myths of Cloud Computing . 12
DEPLOYMENT
Cloud Options That Really Help IT . 15
Test Center: Cloud versus Cloud. 17

Test Center: Cloud versus cloud
A guided tour of Amazon, Google, AppNexus, and GoGrid
By Peter Wayner

who wouldn’t want to live in a “cloud”? the term is a perfect marketing buzzword for the server industry, heralding images of a gauzy, sunlit realm that moves effortlessly across the sky. There are no suits or ties in this world, just toga-clad Greek gods who do as they please and punish at whim, hurling real lightning bolts and not merely sarcastic IMs. The marketing folks know how to play to the dreams of server farm admins who spend all day in overgrown shell scripts and impenetrable acronyms.

To test out these services, I spent a few days with them and deployed a few Web sites. I opened up accounts at four providers, configured some virtual servers, and sent Web pages flowing in a few hours. Our choice of four providers wasn’t as scientific as possible because there are a number of new services appearing, but I chose some of the big names and a few new services. Now, I can invoke Joni Mitchell and say I’ve looked at both sides of these services and offer some guidance. ...

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