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Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects - Second Edition

By : Jeroen Mulder
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Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects - Second Edition

By: Jeroen Mulder

Overview of this book

Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your enterprise with the transformative power of multi-cloud adoption? As a cloud architect, you understand the challenges of navigating the vast array of cloud services and moving data and applications to public clouds. But with 'Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects, Second Edition', you'll gain the confidence to tackle these complexities head-on. This edition delves into the latest concepts of BaseOps, FinOps, and DevSecOps, including the use of the DevSecOps Maturity Model. You'll learn how to optimize costs and maximize security using the major public clouds - Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. Examples of solutions by the increasingly popular Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Alibaba Cloud have been added in this edition. Plus, you will discover cutting-edge ideas like AIOps and GreenOps. With practical use cases, including IoT, data mining, Web3, and financial management, this book empowers you with the skills needed to develop, release, and manage products and services in a multi-cloud environment. By the end of this book, you'll have mastered the intricacies of multi-cloud operations, financial management, and security. Don't miss your chance to revolutionize your enterprise with multi-cloud adoption.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Index

Using cloud adoption frameworks to align between cloud providers

The magic word in multi-cloud is a single pane of glass. What do we mean by that? Imagine that you have a multi-cloud environment that comprises a private cloud running VMware and a public cloud platform in AWS, and you’re also using SaaS solutions from other providers. How would you keep track of everything that happens in all these components? Cloud providers might take care of a lot of things, so you need not worry about, for example, patches and upgrades. In SaaS solutions, the provider really takes care of the full stack, from the physical host all the way up to the operating systems and the software itself. However, there will always be things that you, as a company, will remain responsible for. Think of matters such as IAM and security policies. Who has access to what and when?

This is the new reality of complexity: multi-cloud environments consisting of various solutions and platforms. How can we manage...