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AWS for Solutions Architects

By : Alberto Artasanchez
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Book Image

AWS for Solutions Architects

3 (1)
By: Alberto Artasanchez

Overview of this book

One of the most popular cloud platforms in the world, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers hundreds of services with thousands of features to help you build scalable cloud solutions; however, it can be overwhelming to navigate the vast number of services and decide which ones best suit your requirements. Whether you are an application architect, enterprise architect, developer, or operations engineer, this book will take you through AWS architectural patterns and guide you in selecting the most appropriate services for your projects. AWS for Solutions Architects is a comprehensive guide that covers the essential concepts that you need to know for designing well-architected AWS solutions that solve the challenges organizations face daily. You'll get to grips with AWS architectural principles and patterns by implementing best practices and recommended techniques for real-world use cases. The book will show you how to enhance operational efficiency, security, reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness using real-world examples. By the end of this AWS book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of how to design AWS architectures using the most appropriate services to meet your organization's technological and business requirements.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Exploring AWS
4
Section 2: AWS Service Offerings and Use Cases
11
Section 3: Applying Architectural Patterns and Reference Architectures
17
Section 4: Hands-On Labs

Chapter 2: Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

AWS has come a long way since Amazon started in 2006, when it offered just two basic services. In this chapter, we will highlight the scale of Amazon's infrastructure. We will also learn how today's businesses are using AWS to completely transform their technology infrastructure, operations, and business practices.

Enterprises today have become exponentially more agile by leveraging the power of the cloud. In this chapter, we will first talk about Regions, Availability Zones (AZs), and Local Zones (LZs). We will then learn about the AWS Global Infrastructure and learn how to implement a digital transformation program.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Learning about the AWS Global Infrastructure
  • Implementing a digital transformation program

Without further ado, let's get down to business.