Utility Computing Technologies, Standards, and Strategies -- Trademarks v -- Table of Contents vii -- Preface xiii -- Acknowledgments xvii -- Chapter 1 Advancing Toward a Utility Model 1 -- 1.1 EVOLVING IT INFRASTRUCTURE 1 -- 1.2 EVOLVING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS 5 -- 1.3 CONTINUUM OF UTILITIES 9 -- 1.4 SUMMARY 11 -- References 12 -- Chapter 2 Standards and Working Groups 13 -- 2.1 STANDARDS BODIES AND WORKING GROUPS 13 -- 2.2 SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) 17 -- 2.3 BUSINESS PROCESS EXECUTION LANGUAGE (BPEL) 24 -- 2.4 INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT 25 -- 2.5 SUMMARY 34 -- References 35 -- Chapter 3 Utility Computing Technologies 37 -- 3.1 VIRTUALIZATION 37 -- 3.2 HYPERTHREADING (HT) 41 -- 3.3 BLADE SERVERS 41 -- 3.4 AUTOMATED PROVISIONING 42 -- 3.5 POLICY-BASED AUTOMATION 42 -- 3.6 APPLICATION MANAGEMENT 44 -- 3.7 EVALUATING UTILITY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY-A CASE STUDY 45 -- 3.8 VIRTUAL TEST AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS) 54 -- 3.9 SUMMARY 56 -- References 56 -- Chapter 4 Data Center Challenges and Solutions 57 -- 4.1 CHALLENGES IN TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES 57 -- 4.2 MATCHING CAPACITY TO DEMAND 59 -- 4.3 UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE 61 -- 4.4 INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT 63 -- 4.5 INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT AND SERVICES 66 -- 4.6 UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE CLASSIFICATIONS 71 -- 4.7 MAKING THE PARADIGM SHIFT 74 -- 4.8 SUMMARY 77 -- References 78 -- Chapter 5 Automating the Data Center 79 -- 5.1 GETTING STARTED 79 -- 5.2 AUTOMATION AGENDA 82 -- 5.3 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUTOMATION 95 -- 5.4 BEYOND AUTOMATION 97 -- 5.5 SUMMARY 102 -- References 102 -- Chapter 6 Software Utility Application Architecture 103 -- 6.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN SaaS 104 -- 6.2 SOFTWARE UTILITY APPLICATIONS 107 -- 6.3 COST VERSUS VALUE 126 -- 6.4 SUMMARY 127 -- References 127 -- Chapter 7 Software Application Services Framework 129.

7.1 COMMON ENABLERS 130 -- 7.2 FROM CONCEPTUAL VIEW TO REALITY 141 -- 7.3 BUSINESS BENEFITS OF HAVING AN sasf 143 -- 7.4 APPLICATION MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY 145 -- 7.5 SUMMARY 147 -- References 148 -- Chapter 8 Designing Multitenant Applications from a Database Perspective 149 -- 8.1 IMPLEMENTING DATABASE SYSTEMS FOR MULTITENANT ARCHITECTURE 150 -- 8.2 DATABASE ARCHITECTURE SCENARIOS 152 -- 8.3 SUMMARY 162 -- Reference 163 -- Chapter 9 Other Design Considerations 165 -- 9.1 DESIGN OF A WEB SERVICES METERING INTERFACE 165 -- 9.2 APPLICATION MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION 171 -- 9.3 A DESIGN FOR AN UPDATE AND NOTIFICATION POLICY 178 -- 9.4 A TOOL DESIGN FOR UTILITY COMPUTING 186 -- 9.5 SUMMARY 191 -- References 192 -- Chapter 10 Transforming to Software as a Service 193 -- 10.1 APPLICATION TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM 194 -- 10.2 BUSINESS MODEL SCENARIOS 203 -- 10.3 FROM LICENSED SOFTWARE TO SaaS-A CASE STUDY 205 -- 10.4 SUMMARY 206 -- Reference 207 -- Chapter 11 Virtual Services for Organizations 209 -- 11.1 BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION FOR PERFORMANCE 210 -- 11.2 BUSINESS SERVICE MARKETPLACE FACILITY 214 -- 11.3 VARIABLE VIRTUAL COMPANY (CASE STUDY) 218 -- 11.4 SUMMARY 220 -- References 221 -- Chapter 12 The Future 223 -- 12.1 THE FUTURE OF THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE 223 -- 12.2 FUTURE OF SOFTWARE UTILITY APPLICATIONS 225 -- 12.3 VERTICALIZATION AND SPECIALIZATION 226 -- 12.4 CHANGING ROLES OF SOLUTION VENDORS 227 -- 12.5 VENDORS', PROVIDERS', AND CONSUMERS' NEXT STEPS 229 -- 12.6 ADVANCING UTILITY COMPUTING 231 -- 12.7 CLOSING NOTES 233 -- References 234 -- Appendix A Self-Assessment for Software Utility Applications 237 -- List of Acronyms 267 -- About the Author 269 -- Index 271.