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Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Explained

By : Mansura Habiba
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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 a business’s mindset for cloud adoption

Business is the main driver for any application modernization program. Therefore, a business must establish its priorities and understand the current application and workload estate. Business executives need to have a clear understanding of the application estate. Here is a list of characteristics that have a clear relationship with ROI:

  • Application and data have dependencies on enterprise complexity and vice versa. Therefore, adopting modern technology and cloud-native features will help an enterprise reduce its functional complexity and define the functionality with a combination of much simpler microservice and event-driven technologies. For example, a bank has a single transaction that needs 27 minutes to complete, which is not acceptable for a good customer experience. This transaction performs a sequence of functions and services and it takes a long time, as it has some heavy operations such as governance and...