Risk Thinking for Cloud-Based Application Services

Many enterprises are moving their applications and IT services to the cloud. Better risk management results in fewer operational surprises and failures, greater stakeholder confidence and reduced regulatory concerns; proactive risk management maximizes the likelihood that an enterprise’s objectives will be achieved, thereby enabling organizational success. This work methodically considers the risks and opportunities that an enterprise taking their applications or services onto the cloud must consider to obtain the cost reductions and service velocity improvements they desire without suffering the consequences of unacceptable user service quality.

Computers & Technology

Bauer, Eric

Games & Strategy Guides

Auerbach Publications

System reliability, availability and robustness are often not well understood by system architects, engineers and developers. They often don't understand what drives customer's availability expectations, how to frame verifiable availability/robustness requirements, how to manage and budget availability/robustness, how to methodically architect and design systems that meet robustness requirements, and so on. The book takes a very pragmatic approach of framing reliability and robustness as a functional aspect of a system so that architects, designers, developers and testers can address it as a concrete, functional attribute of a system, rather than an abstract, non-functional notion.

Design for Reliability: Information and Computer-Based Systems

Programming

Wiley-IEEE Press

While geographic redundancy can obviously be a huge benefit for disaster recovery, it is far less obvious what benefit is feasible and likely for more typical non-catastrophic hardware, software, and human failures. Georedundancy and Service Availability provides both a theoretical and practical treatment of the feasible and likely benefits of geographic redundancy for both service availability and service reliability. The text provides network/system planners, IS/IT operations folks, system architects, system engineers, developers, testers, and other industry practitioners with a general discussion about the capital expense/operating expense tradeoff that frames system redundancy and georedundancy.

Beyond Redundancy: How Geographic Redundancy Can Improve Service Availability and Reliability of Computer-Based Systems

Adams, Randee

Eustace, Daniel

Networking & Cloud Computing

A holistic approach to service reliability and availability of cloud computing Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing provides IS/IT system and solution architects, developers, and engineers with the knowledge needed to assess the impact of virtualization and cloud computing on service reliability and availability. It reveals how to select the most appropriate design for reliability diligence to assure that user expectations are met. Organized in three parts (basics, risk analysis, and recommendations), this resource is accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds and experience levels. Numerous examples and more than 100 figures throughout the book help readers visualize problems to better understand the topic―and the authors present risks and options in bulleted lists that can be applied directly to specific applications/problems. Special features of this book include: <ul>
<li>Rigorous analysis of the reliability and availability risks that are inherent in cloud computing</li> <li>Simple formulas that explain the quantitative aspects of reliability and availability</li> <li>Enlightening discussions of the ways in which virtualized applications and cloud deployments differ from traditional system implementations and deployments</li> <li>Specific recommendations for developing reliable virtualized applications and cloud-based solutions</li> </ul>
Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing is the guide for IS/IT staff in business, government, academia, and non-governmental organizations who are moving their applications to the cloud. It is also an important reference for professionals in technical sales, product management, and quality management, as well as software and quality engineers looking to broaden their expertise.

Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing

A holistic approach to service reliability and availability of cloud computing Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing provides IS/IT system and solution architects, developers, and engineers with the knowledge needed to assess the impact of virtualization and cloud computing on service reliability and availability. It reveals how to select the most appropriate design for reliability diligence to assure that user expectations are met. Organized in three parts (basics, risk analysis, and recommendations), this resource is accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds and experience levels. Numerous examples and more than 100 figures throughout the book help readers visualize problems to better understand the topic--and the authors present risks and options in bulleted lists that can be applied directly to specific applications/problems. Special features of this book include: <ul> <li>Rigorous analysis of the reliability and availability risks that are inherent in cloud computing</li> <li>Simple formulas that explain the quantitative aspects of reliability and availability</li> <li>Enlightening discussions of the ways in which virtualized applications and cloud deployments differ from traditional system implementations and deployments</li> <li>Specific recommendations for developing reliable virtualized applications and cloud-based solutions</li> </ul> Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing is the guide for IS/IT staff in business, government, academia, and non-governmental organizations who are moving their applications to the cloud. It is also an important reference for professionals in technical sales, product management, and quality management, as well as software and quality engineers looking to broaden their expertise.

Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing, Enhanced Edition

This book explains why applications running on cloud might not deliver the same service reliability, availability, latency and overall quality to end users as they do when the applications are running on traditional (non-virtualized, non-cloud) configurations, and explains what can be done to mitigate that risk.

Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications

Applies lean manufacturing principles across the cloud service delivery chain to enable application and infrastructure service providers to sustainably achieve the shortest lead time, best quality, and value <ul>
<li>Applies lean thinking across the cloud service delivery chain to recognize and minimize waste</li> <li>Leverages lessons learned from electric power industry operations to operations of cloud infrastructure</li> <li>Applies insights from just-in-time inventory management to operation of cloud based applications</li> <li>Explains how traditional, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Enhanced Telecom Operation Map (eTOM) capacity management evolves to lean computing for the cloud</li> </ul>

Lean Computing for the Cloud

Learn how best to implement the New General Ledger in SAP ERP Financials and how to maximize your organization’s use of its vast functionalities. Using practical examples, the authors take you on a guided tour of the most important functions. First, you’ll learn how to create the settings needed to define your ledgers. Then, you’ll uncover sample solutions and customization tips for segment reporting and document splitting, as the authors show you the process of mapping a parallel valuation procedure using the ledger approach. A detailed chapter on migration answers burning questions such as: What tools are available? What issues should we be thinking about before migration? What levels of complexity should be weighed? How does the migration process really work? A complete FAQ list for the New General Ledger is included as well. In short, this detailed reference provides you with everything you’ll need to successfully migrate to the New General Ledger. The book is based on the latest release, SAP ERP 6.0. Topic Highlights: <ul>
<li>New General Ledger in SAP ERP – An Overview</li> <li>Design and Features of the Ledgers</li> <li>Integration in Financial Accounting</li> <li>Parallel Valuation</li> <li>Document Splitting</li> <li>Migration</li> <li>Reporting</li> <li>Frequently Asked Questions</li>
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New General Ledger in SAP ERP Financials

Siebert, Jörg

SAP Press

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Risk Thinking for Cloud-Based Application Services

Design for Reliability: Information and Computer-Based Systems

Beyond Redundancy: How Geographic Redundancy Can Improve Service Availability and Reliability of Computer-Based Systems

Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing

Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing

Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing, Enhanced Edition

Service Quality of Cloud-Based Applications

Lean Computing for the Cloud

Risk Thinking for Cloud-Based Application Services

New General Ledger in SAP ERP Financials