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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

By : Kevin L. Jackson, Goessling
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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

By: Kevin L. Jackson, Goessling

Overview of this book

Cloud adoption is a core component of digital transformation. Scaling the IT environment, making it resilient, and reducing costs are what organizations want. Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions presents and explains critical cloud solution design considerations and technology decisions required to be made for deploying the right cloud service and deployment models, based on your business and technology service requirements. This book starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing and its architectural concepts. It then walks you through cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), deployment models (public, private, community, and hybrid) and implementation options (enterprise, MSP, and CSP) to explain and describe the key considerations and challenges organizations face during cloud migration. Later, this book delves into how to leverage DevOps, Cloud-Native, and serverless architectures in your cloud environment and presents industry best practices for scaling your cloud environment. Finally, this book addresses in depth how to manage essential cloud technology service components, such as data storage, security controls, and disaster recovery. By the end of this book, you will have mastered all the design considerations and operational trades required to adopt cloud services, no matter which cloud service provider you choose.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Prologue
18
Hands-On Lab 1 – Basic Cloud Design (Single Server)
20
Hands-On Lab 3 – Optimizing Current State (12 Months Later)
21
Cloud Architecture – Lessons Learned
22
Epilogue

Governance and Change Management

Solution adoption requires cultural change. Cultural change requires relevant, insightful data; well-planned governance, and relentless change management. Change is difficult in many ways and for many reasons. Without governance and change management, driving adoption for new solutions can be exhausting, unpopular, expensive, and slow. Governance and change management are inseparable but not interchangeable. One is not synonymous with the other. Governance and change management are tightly coupled and dependent on one another. Changes in one can certainly affect the other. What are they and how are they different?

Governance address the things that need to be accounted for as change is implemented. Governance is the operating agreement for how changes will take place for the things involved. Governance definitions and operating rules may define...