Much as the Internet evolved as a "network of networks," today's cloud computing is on the verge of a similar evolution. As your business demands faster and more efficient service from cloud providers, you need tools that facilitate interoperability and communication between providers, seamlessly and invisible to your end-users:

[Gathering together many providers] is easier said than done, ask anyone who's attempted to use more than one provider in a federated, intercloud connection global cloud of clouds type of deployment and tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion. They'll tell you it's complication, and aggravation. -Reuven Cohen, Sys-Con Media

Deconstructing Intercloud Architecture explains the challenges of the intercloud from networking, application, and business perspectives. The book starts with the foundation of today's cloud computing required to deploy on the intercloud, including service-oriented architectures and virtualization. Later chapters tackle the challenges of managing location, content adaptation, and communication across multiple providers to create dynamic "mash up" solutions that best serve the needs of your enterprise. Throughout the book the authors draw upon their years of experience leading cloud-based services at Cisco, the world's leading provider of internet solutions.

• Understand the evolution from cloud to intercloud , and how intercloud enabling technologies work together
• Learn from case studies of managing rich-media content, e-commerce, and computing resources across a multi-provider intercloud
• Gain insights from authors with years of internet and cloud experience, driving innovations at the world's leading networking company and developing the future underpinnings of the next-generation internet