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Technology Operating Models for Cloud and Edge

By : Ahilan Ponnusamy, Andreas Spanner
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Technology Operating Models for Cloud and Edge

By: Ahilan Ponnusamy, Andreas Spanner

Overview of this book

Cloud goals, such as faster time to market, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), capex reduction, self-service enablement, and complexity reduction are important, but organizations often struggle to achieve the desired outcomes. With edge computing gaining momentum across industries and making it possible to move workloads seamlessly between cloud and edge locations, organizations need working recipes to find ways of extracting the most value out of their cloud and edge estate. This book provides a practical way to build a strategy-aligned operating model while considering various related factors such as culture, leadership, team structures, metrics, intrinsic motivators, team incentives, tenant experience, platform engineering, operations, open source, and technology choices. Throughout the chapters, you’ll discover how single, hybrid, or multicloud architectures, security models, automation, application development, workload deployments, and application modernization can be reutilized for edge workloads to help you build a secure yet flexible technology operating model. The book also includes a case study which will walk you through the operating model build process in a step-by-step way. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build your own fit-for-purpose distributed technology operating model for your organization in an open culture way.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Part 1:Enterprise Technology Landscape and Operating Model Challenges
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Part 2: Building a Successful Technology Operating Model for Your Organization
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Chapter 6: Your Distributed Technology Operating Model in Action

Simulated case study

A fictitious automobile insurance company expands globally, acquires a home insurance company, adopts modern cloud and edge application development and delivery practices, and attempts to transform into a digital business.

Case study overview

Bison Insurance is a well-established automobile insurance company in North America with a long history of providing high-quality products and services to its customers. Bison Insurance started as an automobile insurance company in 1934 in Chicago, covering Illinois and Milwaukee. By 1948, they were firmly established as the number one automobile insurance company in these two states. They had over 300 physical stores and built a strong freelancer network to take their services to the rural markets. By 1950, they enjoyed remarkable customer loyalty with a 97.8% renewal rate while continuing to acquire new customers at a rapid rate. As the economy grew from strength to strength post-war, Bison Insurance grew faster and...