ECommerce in the Cloud

Abstract

This practical guide shows architects how to incrementally adopt cloud computing (specifically public Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service) and to marshal as much capacity as needed to handle peak holiday or special-event traffic. Advances in Cloud over the past few years now make it possible to run an enterprise-class eCommerce platform out of a cloud. This book helps architects leverage these advances by covering: Cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, Software-as-a-Service) and deployment models (public, hybrid, private) ; the impact of omnichannel retailing on platform architecture and deployment architecture ; how to build an auto-scaling solution that can quickly add or subtract hardware in response to real-time traffic ; re-applying what you already know about security to cloud ; running a single eCommerce platform from multiple data centers, including several forms of multi-master ; building a hybrid solution or deploy your entire platform in the cloud ; application and deployment architecture for cloud native through legacy eCommerce platforms ; how to use Software-as-a-Service for eCommerce, including Content Delivery Networks and Global Site Load Balancing services.