<p>Many cloud computing initiatives flat-out fail; others limp along, functioning tolerably without ever delivering what they promised. <em>An</em><em>Insider''s Guide to Cloud Computing </em>reveals why and shows how to do better. Cloud pioneer and long-time CTO David Linthicum explodes the industry''s secrets and presents practical ways to optimize cloud for value and performance.</p><p>Linthicum takes a hard look at aggressively marketed technologies such as cloud-based AI, containers, no-code, serverless computing, and multicloud. He illuminates what works, what absolutely does <em>not</em> work, and how to manage the difficult cost-complexity tradeoffs presented by many offerings. You''ll learn why some workloads and datasets still don''t belong on the cloud, and even discover "game changer" technology that has actually been <em>undersold</em>.</p><p>Linthicum''s seen it all: the tricks providers play to make their numbers at customers'' expense¿realities whispered about in confer