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Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Explained

By : Mansura Habiba
Book Image

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Explained

By: Mansura Habiba

Overview of this book

Most organizations are now either moving to the cloud through modernization or building their apps in the cloud. Hybrid cloud is one of the best approaches for cloud migration and the modernization journey for any enterprise. This is why, along with coding skills, developers need to know the big picture of cloud footprint and be aware of the integration models between apps in a hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure. This book represents an overview of your end-to-end journey to the cloud. To be future agnostic, the journey starts with a hybrid cloud. You'll gain an overall understanding of how to approach migration to the cloud using hybrid cloud technologies from IBM and Red Hat. Next, you’ll be able to explore the challenges, requirements (both functional and non-functional), and the process of app modernization for enterprises by analyzing various use cases. The book then provides you with insights into the different reference solutions for app modernization on the cloud, which will help you to learn how to design and implement patterns and best practices in your job. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to successfully modernize applications and cloud infrastructure in hyperscaler public clouds such as IBM and hybrid clouds using Red Hat technologies as well as develop secure applications for cloud environments.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Moving to Hybrid Cloud
5
Part 2: Cloud-Native Methods, Practices, and Technology
8
Part 3: Elements of Embedded Linux

Understanding FinOps

  • Throughout this book, we have focused on business value as the main driver for any cloud conversation, practice, or program. It is essential to give business value the driving seat to maximize the return on cloud investment for any organization. As the cloud is scalable and easy to grow, it also provides flexibility in adoption. On the other hand, too much focus on cost can limit the advantages of the cloud for organizations. Therefore, balancing cloud adoption and the business value returned on cloud investment is essential. A set of practices leveraging the people, processes, tools, and technologies help to establish the balance between cloud adoption and the business value returned on cloud investment, known as FinOps. According to the DevOps and Cloud InfoQ Trends Report from July 2021, as shown in Figure 10.4, FinOps is the trending operation model to maximize the cloud investment guided by business value. FinOps can benefit any organization regardless...