This book explains why applications running on cloud might not deliver the same service reliability, availability, latency and overall quality to end users as they do when the applications are running on traditional (non-virtualized, non-cloud) configurations, and explains what can be done to mitigate that risk.

ERIC BAUER, MS, is Reliability Engineering Manager in the IP Platforms CTO of Alcatel-Lucent. The holder of more than a dozen U.S. patents, Mr. Bauer is the author or coauthor of Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing, Beyond Redundancy: How Geographic Redundancy Can Improve Service Availability and Reliability of Computer-Based Systems, Design for Reliability: Information and Computer-Based Systems, and Practical System Reliability.

RANDEE ADAMS, MS, is a Consulting Member of the Technical Staff in the IP Platforms CTO of Alcatel-Lucent. She is the coauthor of Beyond Redundancy: How Geographic Redundancy Can Improve Service Availability and Reliability of Computer-Based Systems and Reliability and Availability of Cloud Computing. Ms. Adams has worked on many projects, including software development, delivery, engineering, architecture, and design.