<b>An expert guide to selecting the right cloud service model for your business</b><p>Cloud computing is all the rage, allowing for the delivery of computing and storage capacity to a diverse community of end-recipients. However, before you can decide on a cloud model, you need to determine what the ideal cloud service model is for your business. Helping you cut through all the haze, <i>Architecting the Cloud</i> is vendor neutral and guides you in making one of the most critical technology decisions that you will face: selecting the right cloud service model(s) based on a combination of both business and technology requirements.</p><ul><li>Guides corporations through key cloud design considerations</li><li>Discusses the pros and cons of each cloud service model</li><li>Highlights major design considerations in areas such as security, data privacy, logging, data storage, SLA monitoring, and more</li><li>Clearly defines the services cloud providers offer for each service model and the c