云计算英文资料CloudPlatforms--Chappell.pdfVIP

A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD PLATFORMS A N ENTERPRISE-ORIENTED VIEW DAVID CHAPPELL AUGUST 2008 SPONSORED BY MICROSOFT CORPORATION COPYRIGHT © 2008 CHAPPELL ASSOCIATES CONTENTS Defining Terms: What is a Cloud Platform? 3 Cloud Platforms in Context: Three Kinds of Cloud Services 3 A General Model for Application Platforms 4 From On-Premises Platforms to Cloud Platforms 7 Examining Cloud Platforms 7 Cloud Foundation 8 Operating System 8 Local Support 8 Cloud Infrastructure Services 9 Storage 9 Integration 10 Identity 11 Cloud Application Services 11 SaaS Application Services 11 Search 12 Mapping 12 Other Application Services 12 Conclusion 13 About the Author 13 2 DEFINING TERMS: WHAT IS A CLOUD PLATFORM? The coming shift to cloud computing is a major change in our industry. One of the most important parts of that shift is the advent of cloud platforms . As its name suggests, this kind of platform lets developers write applications that run in the cloud, or use services provided from the cloud, or both. Different names are used for this kind of platform today, including on-demand platform and platform as a service (PaaS). Whatever it’s called, this new way of supporting applications has great potential. To see why, think about how application platforms are used today. When a development team creates an on-premises application (i.e., one that will run within an organization), much of what that application needs already exists. An operating system provides basic support for executing the application, interacting with storage, and more, while other computers in the environment offer services such as remote storage. If the creators of every on-premises application first had to build all