Cloud Computing Explained provides an overview of Cloud Computing in an enterprise environment. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm around cloud-based solutions and services as well as the cost-savings and flexibility that they can provide. It is imperative that all senior technologists have a solid understanding of the ramifications of cloud computing since its impact is likely to permeate the entire IT landscape. However, it is not trivial to introduce a fundamentally different service-delivery paradigm into an existing enterprise architecture. This book describes the benefits and challenges of Cloud Computing and then leads the reader through the process of assessing the suitability of a cloud-based approach for a given situation, calculating and justifying the investment that is required to transform the process or application, and then developing a solid design that considers the implementation as well as the ongoing operations and governance required to maintain the solution in a partially outsourced delivery model.

John Rhoton作為一位戰略顧問，專門為國際公司提供定義新興技術和驅動新技術應用的方案。他為世界各地的企業提供培訓和業務戰略與新興技術的培訓和谘詢。

John有超過25年的行業經驗，曾工作於DE公司、康柏公司和惠普公司。在惠普，他領導著有關各種新興技術的技術社區，並驅動相關的服務策略方案，其中包括雲計算、移動性、下一代網絡和虛擬化。

在任職期間，他一直活躍在亞洲、歐洲和北美。他精通英語、德語、西班牙語、法語和意大利語，獲得瞭密蘇裏羅拉大學計算機科學理學碩士學位，並從愛丁堡商學院（赫瑞瓦特大學）獲得瞭行政商務碩士學位。

John目前與妻子Claudia Elisabeth，以及兩個孩子住在奧地利的維也納附近。