8 Cloud Computing Books Worth Reading On Cloudy Summer Days
May 26, 2015
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe McKendrick.
With the summer season rapidly descending upon those in the northern hemisphere, it’s time to kick it down a notch and engage in some less stressful pursuits than running a business — namely, reading up on cloud computing. Let’s face it, there will be cloudy days through the summer, so why not get into a cloud frame of mind?
With that in mind, here are some of the works that really help clarify and cut through the confusion on what cloud computing is and can be. These are all works published over the past few years that document the cloud story:…
Why Buy the Cow? How the On-Demand Revolution Powers the New Knowledge Economy, by Subrah S. Iyar with Cindy Gordon. Subrah is co-founder of WebEx, which can be considered perhaps the first cloud or Software-as-a-Service application to see widespread adoption. This book, written slightly ahead of it’s time (2007), makes the fundamental argument for subscribing to online services versus buying on-premises software. Pithy quote: “To thrive in the future, companies must free themselves of the burdens of static, self-maintained software systems.”…
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