Contents -- Introduction -- Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank -- Chapter 1: Understanding Cloud Characteristics -- Basic Terms and Characteristics -- Object Storage Concepts -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 2: To Grasp the -- The True Nature of the Cloud -- Virtualization and Scalability -- The Cloud Hypervisor -- Key Benefits of Implementing Hypervisors -- Foundations of Cloud Computing -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 3: Within the Cloud: Technical Concepts of Cloud Computing -- Technical Basics of Cloud and Scalable Computing -- The Cloud Infrastructure -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 4: Cloud Management -- Understanding Cloud Management Platforms -- Service-Level Agreements -- Policies and Procedures -- Managing Cloud Workloads -- Securing Data in the Cloud -- Managing Devices -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 5: Diagnosis and Performance Monitoring -- Performance Concepts -- Disk Performance -- Impact of Configuration Changes -- Common Issues -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 6: Cloud Delivery and Hosting Models -- Private -- Public -- Hybrid -- Community -- On-Premises vs. Off-Premises Hosting -- Accountability and Responsibility Based on Delivery Models -- Security Differences between Models -- Functionality and Performance Validation -- Orchestration Platforms -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 7: Practical Cloud Knowledge: Install, Configure, and Manage -- Setting Up the Cloud -- Virtual Resource Migration -- Virtual Components of the Cloud -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 8: Hardware Management -- Cloud Hardware Resources -- Management Differences between Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds -- Tiering -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 9: Storage Provisioning and Networking -- Cloud Storage Concepts -- Cloud vs. SAN Storage.

Cloud Provisioning -- Cloud Storage Technology -- Cloud Storage Gateway -- Cloud Security and Privacy -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 10: Testing and Deployment: -- Overview of Deployment Models -- Cloud Management Strategies -- Cloud Architecture -- Cloud Deployment Options -- Creating and Deploying Cloud Services -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 11: Cloud Computing Standards and Security -- Cloud Computing Standards -- Security Concepts and Tools -- Encryption Techniques -- Access Control Methods -- Implementing Guest and Host Hardening Techniques -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 12: The Cloud Makes It Rain Money: The Business in Cloud Computing -- The Nature of Cloud Business -- Cloud Service Business Models -- The Enterprise Cloud -- Disaster Recovery -- Business Continuity and Cloud Computing -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Chapter 13: Planning for Cloud Integration: Pitfalls and Advantages -- Work Optimization -- The Right Cloud Model -- Adapting Organizational Culture for the Cloud -- Potholes on the Cloud Road -- Summary -- Chapter Essentials -- Appendix: The CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam -- Preparing for the Exam -- Taking the Exam -- Reviewing the Exam Objectives -- Index -- Free Online Learning Environment.