EDUCAUSE 雲端運算專刊

如果您對雲端運算感到有興趣的話，那麼最近一期的 EDUCAUSE Quarterly (Volume 33, 2010) 可千萬不能錯過，從什麼是雲端運算、如何看待這波雲浪潮、雲的安全性…等議題，內容相當豐富。底下是目次:

• Cloud Computing Explained
• Embracing the Cloud: Six Ways to Look at the Shift to Cloud Computing
• A Tale of Two Clouds
• Demystifying the Cloud: Implications for IT Funding in Higher Education
• Innovating in the Cloud: Exploring Cloud Computing to Solve IT Challenges
• Universities and Libraries Move to the Mobile Web
• If It’s in the Cloud, Get It on Paper: Cloud Computing Contract Issues
• A Textual [/a-text-u-all/] Perspective
• Calculating the Cloud: Determining the True Cost of Hosting Servers in the Cloud
• Is There Safety in the Cloud?
• If You Twitter, Will They Come?
• Cloud Support for Web Development
• Instructional Benefits of Remote Desktop Virtualization
• Measuring the Cloud
• Using Cloud Infrastructure as Part of a Digital Preservation Strategy with DuraCloud
• Federated Identity: A Recipe for Higher Education

在 Cloud Computing Explained 這一篇中，作者介紹了雲端運算的幾個特色：On-Demand Self-Service、Resource Pooling、Rapid Elasticity、Broad Network Access、Measured Service。當然也少不了介紹雲端運算的3種服務模式及4種部署的模式。我覺得很不錯的是，前述的每項介紹都附上的影片說明，其中還包括 Amazon EC2 管理端的操作過程。

EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 2, 2010

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