Ricardo Puttini, PhD is a Senior Professor with the University of Brasília who has spent the past several years researching and documenting the evolution of cloud computing security and assembling a comprehensive compendium on this topic area. Ricardo lectures and teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on cloud computing, SOA and other IT topics with academic institutions in Sweden, France and Brazil. Ricardo is a speaker at international events and acted as the conference chair for the 4th International SOA + Cloud Symposium in Brasilia in 2011.
"This chapter is from the book, 'Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology &
Architecture' authored by Thomas Erl with Zaigham Mahmood and Ricardo
Puttini, published by Pearson/Prentice Hall Professional, May 2013, ISBN
0133387526, Copyright 2013 Arcitura Education Inc. For more info please
visit:
http://www.informit.com/store/cloud-computing-concepts-technology-architecture-9780133387520"
This chapter introduces and describes several of the more common foundational
cloud architectural models, each exemplifying a common usage and
characteristic of contemporary cloud-based environments. The involvement and
importance of different combinations of cloud computing mechanisms in
relation to these architectures are explored.
Workload Distribution Architecture
IT resources can be horizontally scaled via the addition of one or more
identical IT resources, and a load balancer th... (more)
Ricardo Puttini, PhD is a Senior Professor with the University of Brasília who has spent the past several years researching and documenting the evolution of cloud computing security and assembling a comprehensive compendium on this topic area. Ricardo lectures and teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on cloud computing, SOA and other IT topics with academic institutions in Sweden, France and Brazil. Ricardo is a speaker at international events and acted as the conference chair for the 4th International SOA + Cloud Symposium in Brasilia in 2011.
Charles Araujo
Emily Jackson
Brendan Harding
