Judith Hurwitz (President & CEO), Robin Bloor (Partner & Senior Consultant), Marcia Kaufman (Partner & COO), and Fern Halper (Partner & Senior Data Management Strategist) are executives at Hurwitz & Associates, strategy consultants specializing in cloud computing, information and service management, and SOA. The team works with industry leaders on strategy and planning. They are the authors of Service Management For Dummies and Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies.

Introduction. Part I: Introducing Cloud Computing. Chapter 1: Grasping the Fundamentals. Chapter 2: Discovering the Value of the Cloud for Business. Chapter 3: Getting Inside the Cloud. Chapter 4: Developing Your Cloud Strategy. Part II: Understanding the Nature of the Cloud. Chapter 5: Seeing the Advantages of the Highly Scaled Data Center. Chapter 6: Exploring the Technical Foundation for Scaling Computer Systems. Chapter 7: Checking the Cloud's Workload Strategy. Chapter 8: Managing Data. Chapter 9: Discovering Private and Hybrid Clouds. Part III: Examining the Cloud Elements. Chapter 10: Seeing Infrastructure as a Service. Chapter 11: Exploring Platform as a Service. Chapter 12: Using Software as a Service. Chapter 13: Understanding Massively Scaled Applications and Business Processes. Chapter 14: Setting Some Standards. Part IV: Managing the Cloud. Chapter 15: Managing and Securing Cloud Services. Chapter 16: Governing the Cloud. Chapter 17: Virtualization and the Cloud. Chapter 18: Managing Desktops and Devices in the Cloud. Chapter 19: Service Oriented Architecture and the Cloud. Chapter 20: Managing the Cloud Environment. Part V: Planning for the Cloud. Chapter 21: Banking on Cloud Economics. Chapter 22: Starting Your Journey to the Cloud. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 23: Ten (Plus One) Swell Cloud Computing Resources. Chapter 24: Ten Cloud Dos and Don'ts. Glossary. Index.