Virtualization and Cloud Computing

This book provides in-depth guidance on how to architect and build hybrid solutions on and with the Windows Azure platform.

This book is an in depth technical book designed teach IT staff and students about the implementation of virtualized environments using Hyper-V 2008 R2. Topics covered include an overview of the Hyper-V architecture and components, Hyper-V role installation, the creation, management and migration of virtual machines, virtual networking architecture and remote access to virtual machines.

Though the concept of virtualization is far from new, recent requirements such as the need to maximize hardware utilization, decrease hardware costs, reduce power consumption and simplify system management and security have led to a significant increase in both the deployment of virtualization and the number of available virtualization solutions. In fact, virtualization solutions are now available to meet just about every need, from the global enterprise all the way down to the home user.

Build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud with Heroku, one of the first PaaS platforms to offer sophisticated hosting and development services. With this book, you'll learn how to use Heroku's Cedar runtime stack, a polyglot platform with native support for several languages and frameworks, including Ruby, Python, Node.js, Java, and more.