Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 Cloud as We Know It Today

Chapter 2 Intercloud Architecture and Technologies

Chapter 3 Intercloud IT Management Strategy

Chapter 4 Intercloud Architecture(s) and Provisioning

Chapter 5 Intercloud Service Assurance

Chapter 6 Intercloud Accounting and Billing

Chapter 7 Intercloud Security

Chapter 8 Cloud Operating Systems

Chapter 9 Use Cases for Building Intercloud Hybrid Clouds

Appendix A Intercloud Standards Organizations and Industry Bodies

Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations

Index

About the Author

Jazib Frahim, CCIE (R) No. 5459 (R&S; Security), CISSP, CISM, is a Principal Engineer in Cisco Security Solutions, helps customers design and implement network security across the entire solutions development lifecycle. He has helped develop customer-focused services including Advanced Threat Analytics, Hosted Identity, and BYOD. His books include all editions of Cisco ASA. Venkata (Josh) Josyula, CCIE (R) No. 13518, built the first cloud solution for Cisco, Virtualized Management Data Center. He holds a widely used pat¿ent on cloud containers, and has published 60+ technical papers and articles. Drawing on 30 years of IT/telecom experience at Cisco and Bell Labs, he consults with enterprises and service providers worldwide. Monique Morrow, Cisco CTO for New Frontiers Engineering, co-innovates with customers worldwide. Her technical expertise includes cloud computing, Intercloud federation, IoT, M2M Security, E-Health, and the semantic web. She co-authored Developing IP-based Services and MPLS VPN Security, and holds eight patents, with seven pending. She was named one of Europe's most inspiring women in technology for 2016. Ken Owens, Cisco CTO, Cloud Solution Engineering, defines technical vision and strategy for the Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) business for Cisco. Owens created Mantl, io, an integrated, automated microservices infrastructure; and Cisco Shipped, an automated SDLC. Responsible for cloud native development engineering at Cisco, he is Technical Committee representative to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. He holds nine US patents, with twelve pending.